From left: Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, Prof Conor O’Mahony; Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman in the Seanad yesterday
A Government apology to people who had their births registered illegally has been criticised by some adoption campaigners and politicians https://t.co/a06rP32Uyd
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 11, 2022
This morning.
Via Irish Times:
The Government appointed Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, Prof Conor O’Mahony has said that the Taoiseach should offer an apology to people affected by illegal birth registrations.
Prof O’Mahony’s comment follows an apology by the Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, on behalf of the Government in the Seanad on Tuesday evening. Mr O’Gorman said what had happened “was a historic wrong with deep and enduring impacts”.
His remarks came ahead of a debate on the Birth and Information Tracing Bill 2022 – the proposed legislation to allow adopted people access to their birth records.
Meanwhile…
The 24 hours notice of the apology had been “less than ideal” Prof O’Mahony told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland. While the idea of an apology was good, the short notice was unfortunate as people wanted an opportunity to prepare and to attend.
Some felt that the apology in the Seanad was a “lesser form of apology” and was not of the same stature of previous apologies by the State which had been delivered by the Taoiseach in the Dáil, he said.
Taoiseach should offer State apology for illegal birth registrations, says Rapporteur (irish Times)
Last night: A Day Late And A Dollar Short
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