Adopted people given 'full and clear right of access' to birth certs and information

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman said a number of significant changes have been made to the bill, including the scrapping of a requirement for some adoptees to attend an information session with a social worker. File picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Landmark legislation to open up personal information including birth certs, medical data and baptismal certs to adopted people for the first time has been published.

Publishing the bill, Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman said for decades in this country, adopted people have been failed in being denied clear access to their identity information.