Birth Information and Tracing Act: Government issues €122,000 tender for review
The review will put a particular emphasis on the views of people who have applied for birth records under the act, and those who have used the Contact Preference Register. Stock picture: Alamy
The Government has issued a tender worth up to €122,000 for a consultancy to evaluate the impact of the 2022 Birth Information and Tracing Act which, for the first time, allows people unqualified access to their birth records. The review, a legal requirement of the act, will take just under two years to complete.
The act, which was signed into law on June 30, 2022, also established the Contact Preference Register, which allows people who had never known their birth parents to be able to make contact with them should the parents be willing.
