Some Irish children are less equal than others

As an Irish adoptee I would like to concur with Clare McGettrick’s letter (January 28) on the raw deal Irish adopted people are still getting.

The lack of legislation to guarantee adoptees the right to their own birth certificate is nothing short of a national disgrace and shows a callous disregard for their rights by this and previous Irish governments.

In no other country in the EU that I am aware of are citizens of their respective countries denied the basic right of access to their original birth cert.