Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
956. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the number of persons or couples who have completed a mandatory Health Service Executive assessment for the purposes of applying to adopt a child under the terms of the Hague Convention since Ireland’s ratification of the convention in 2010. [13499/14]
View answerThe Child and Family Agency has advised that 719 applicants and/or couples have completed the Health Service Executive assessment for the purposes of applying to adopt a child since the commencement of the Adoption Act, 2010. This figure relates to inter-country adoption assessments up to 31/12/2013 as the Quarter 1 information for 2014 is currently being collated.
