New legislation to give adopted people access to their birth information will be published next month, the Cabinet has been told. Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman received Cabinet approval on Tuesday to progress the Birth Information and Tracing Bill. Susan Lohan, Co-Founder of the Adoption Rights Alliance spoke to Jonathan on the show this morning.

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