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The legislation will likely change
the long-standing situation where the right to privacy of the birth mother took precedence over the rights of the adopted person. What we re seeking to do there is balance a right to know your identity, to know your origins - a basic human need, which I think we all accept and recognise - with that right to privacy. In doing so we ve tried to make a clear distinction between access to information and contact. So whereas we say adopted people have a right to the information about their origins, we are putting in place a system where the natural mother clearly identifies that she doesn t want contact with the adopted person - we re putting in place an information meeting, where that clear preference is conveyed to the adopted person.
Gaining recognition of status easier for trafficking victims under proposals Proposals for consideration include rights of adopted, healthy society and Moore Street site
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Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton: proposes State bodies and NGOs in addition to the Garda will have a role in identifying victims of human trafficking and referring them for help. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
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Victims of human trafficking would find it easier to have their status recognised in Ireland under proposals being brought to Cabinet on Tuesday by Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton.
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Geraldine was born in St Patrick s, her sister Pauline was born in Bessborough - 50 years later they found each other
Four years ago a social worker “stumbled across” information that would change their lives forever. By Órla Ryan Sunday 2 May 2021, 12:05 AM May 2nd 2021, 12:05 AM 51,448 Views 0 Comments
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MANY FAMILIES AROUND Ireland have been impacted, or split apart, by the Mother and Baby Home system – whether they realise it or not.
Tens of thousands of women and girls who became pregnant outside marriage, and their children, passed through these institutions throughout the 20th century.tells
Some of the women who gave birth in the system have told their family and friends about their experience, while others have kept it a secret.