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Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from S.A. Roche, Office of the Minister for Justice, regarding an appointment to discuss Adoption.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from S.A. Roche regarding ‘Adoption Orders.’ Wondered if the Bill only allowed adoption where the adopter and child were of the same religion would be satisfactory?

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Nicholas Barron. Was asked by the Women’s Societies and Social Workers to draft an act. Did so with the help of Drs. McCarthy and Lucey, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and brother members of the Irish Bar. Anxious to know if the Bishops consider an Adoption Act as feasible, and if so whether his draft has the necessary precautions.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from W.R. O’Hegarty, Joint Hon. Sec., Joint Committee of Women’s Societies and Social Workers, explaining the steps they have taken regarding the difficulties of the matter of Legal Adoption. Request an interview.

Comment on the danger of proselytism in Legal Adoption by the Joint Committee of Women’s Societies and Social Workers.

Pamphlet: The Wanted Child, by Philip Rooney.

Guardianship of Infants Bill, 1963

Typed letter to Dr. Sheehy, Vice-Chancellor, from Roger Hayes, Dept. of Justice, enclosing copies of the Guardianship of Infants Bill and Explanatory Bill.

Three copies of the Guardianship of Infants Bill, 1963.

Three copies of the Explanatory Memorandum of the Guardianship of Infants Bill, 1963.