Access to birth and early life information is changing.

I want to join the Contact Preference Register
You may already be on the National Adoption Contact Preference Register (NACPR) and wish to update your details or preferences. To do this you will now need to join the new Contact Preference Register.
Or
You may wish to join the new Contact Preference Register for the first time.
Join the Contact Preference Register

Access my birth information
You will have the right to your birth, care and early life information where it exists on a file, record or database.
Opens October 2022
Apply for a tracing service
A statutory Tracing Service will allow people to trace family members, seek a reunion, or simply share or seek information – such as vital medical information.
Opens October 2022

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or lodge an item on the register

Apply for records (birth / early life / medical / provided items)

Opens October 2022

Trace my birth relative(s)

Opens October 2022

Almost 900 Adopted Persons and Birth Parents register Contact Preferences under new Birth Information & Tracing Act

New video explains what Birth Information and Tracing law means for Irish adoptees and parents

Birth Information and Tracing Booklet to be Sent to All Households Across Ireland