IRELAND
Irish Mirror
Jun 11, 2014 12:29 By David Coleman
Ms Burton was speaking after Commission of Investigation launched into mother and baby homes
Labour’s Joan Burton has opened up about her own adoption and called for adoptees to be allowed access to their birth certificates.
Ms Burton was speaking after a Commission of investigation was launched into mother and baby homes following the discovery of a mass burial ground in Tuam, Co Galway.
She told Newstalk Breakfast: “I have a personal interest in all of this, as a child I was adopted and the matters are of a very significant concern to me, as well as of political concern.
“That legislation has existed in Scotland for decades, and in the UK. I think there has been a enormous amount of work done on it and there are different points of view.
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