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	Adopted people look set to get new rights under new laws that are in the pipeline.</p>
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	The Cabinet is going to discuss a new bill this week which would give as many as 50,000 people the right to their birth certificate for the first time.</p>
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	According to the Irish Times, the legislation would establish an adoption information register that would be run by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.</p>
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	It is reported that if the law is passed, a year-long awareness campaign would follow, before it takes effect.</p>
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	Many Irish people who have been adopted have no rights to birth certs showing their birth parents&#39; names.</p>
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	Under the new Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, people would have access to the papers but would have to agree to respect parents&#39; wishes if they had stated they did not want to be contacted.</p>
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	The measure is aimed at balancing those parents&#39; right to privacy and the adoptees&#39; identity rights.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cabinet-to-deliver-right-to-birth-cert-for-adopted-people-687236.html">http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cabinet-to-deliver-right-to-birth-cert-for-adopted-people-687236.html</a></p>
