Legislation: Department of Children, Disability and Equality

• Childcare Support Act 2018
• Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017
• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015
• Children First Act 2015
• Children (Amendment) Act 2015
• Adoption (Amendment) Act 2013
• Child and Family Agency Act 2013
• Childcare (Amendment) Act 2013
• Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Act 2012
• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011
• Adoption Act 2010
• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007
• Children Act 2001
• Youth Work Act 2001
• Education Welfare Act 2000
• Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998
• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022

• Adoption Act 2010
• Child Care Amendment Act 2007
• Ombudsman for Children Act 2002
• Children Act 2001
• Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998
• Child Care Act 1991
• A restated or revised Act is an administrative consolidation of that Act. It brings together in a single text all amendments and changes to an Act, making the law more accessible for all users.

Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016

The Adoption Information and Tracing Bill 2016 was published on 25th November 2016 and is progressing through the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The main purpose of the Bill is to provide for a scheme whereby adoption information, including information required to obtain a birth certificate, may be provided to an adopted person subject to certain conditions. The Bill also provides that birth parents and other persons may obtain information about an adopted person, subject to the other party's consent. The Bill further provides that a person who may have been the subject of an 'informal care arrangement' or an 'incorrect registration' and a birth parent of that person is entitled to apply for information under Part 5 of the Bill.

Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill - Regulatory Impact Analysis

Further information on this policy area.

Adoption (Information and Tracing (No.2)) Bill

Provisions relating to an information and tracing service for a person who has been the subject of an inter country adoption were originally included in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 (see above). It is now proposed to include those provisions in a separate Bill. The department is continuing to develop policy in this regard and has committed to introducing information and tracing legislation in relation to inter country adoptions as soon as possible.

Further information on this policy area is available here.