Government launch survey for people with experience of the Birth Information and Tracing Act

The Government have launched an online survey of people with experience of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022.

​The Act provides a right of access to birth certificates, as well as information for people who were adopted, boarded out, nursed out or who spent time in a Mother and Baby Home as a child.

​The Act has been in operation for three years, with services being delivered by Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland.

​So far, over 18,000 applications for birth and early life information have been completed, and over 9,000 have been submitted to the tracing service.

​The survey regarding these services is being carried out by Quality Matters and will close at 5pm on July 10 2026. The survey should take around 10 to 30 minutes to complete and is entirely anonymous and voluntary.

​Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley said: “I would strongly encourage the many thousands of people who have experience of the services established under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 to take part in this online survey.

“Their views and experiences are essential to understanding what aspects of the services are working well and what aspects of the services need to be improved. They will help ensure that the services work as well as possible.”