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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1991-05-15/13/
15 May 1991 -
Adoption Bill, 1990: Second Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-05-21/24/
21 May 1991 -
Adoption Bill, 1990: From the Seanad.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-05-08/3/
8 May 1991 -
Adoption Bill 1990: Report and Final Stages.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1991-05-15/14/
15 May 1991 -
Adoption Bill, 1990: Committee and Final Stages.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1990-12-13/3/
13 Dec 1990 -
Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: First Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-04-24/4/
24 Apr 1991 -
Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: Report of Special Committee.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-26/19/
26 Feb 1991 -
Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: Order for Committee Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-12/24/
12 Feb 1991 -
. - Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: Second Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-13/28/
13 Feb 1991 -
. - Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: Second Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-19/29/
19 Feb 1991 -
. - Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: Second Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-20/34/
20 Feb 1991 -
. - Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990: Second Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1991-05-15/13/
15 May 1991 -
The final charge to the Bill as initiated that I would like to draw attention to, is the short Title....The Bill is now called the Adoption Bill, 1990....The original provisions in the Bill did not envisage any role for the Adoption Board....I am well pleased that the Bill now before the House is a better Bill as a result of the amendments made...I commend the Bill, as amended, in the Dáil, to the Seanad.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-04-24/4/
24 Apr 1991 -
Fitzpatrick: The report of the Special Committee on the Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990...is as follows: The Special Committee has considered the Bill and has made amendments thereto, and has...amended the Title to read as follows— An Act to provide for the recognition of certain adoptions effected...outside the State, to amend and extend the Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1988, and to make further provision...The Bill, as amended, is reported to the Dáil.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-26/19/
26 Feb 1991 -
Shatter I move: That the Recognition of Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990 be referred to a Special Committee
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1990-06-27/27/
27 Jun 1990 -
the Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960, which is also referred to in section 1 and referred to in this Bill...Compare the Minister's creation of the 1988 Bill with the Acts of 1926 and 1960 and you have a fair..., 1990, and section 1, which we are now discussing....This document was presented by the Minister on 30 May 1990 and already has been extensively amended by...The proper course that should have been adopted was to redraft the Bill before its circulation but the
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1991-05-15/13/
15 May 1991 -
O'Hanlon) As Senators are aware, this Bill began as a Private Members' Bill introduced in the Dáil by...The Government at the time were in the process of bringing forward a Bill to deal with foreign adoptions...in the original Bill....I am pleased that section 1 of the Bill now contains a definition of what constitutes a foreign adoption...This is not the case and in examining the Bill it has to be borne in mind that it will apply to adoptions
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-05-08/3/
8 May 1991 -
It clears up an area of uncertainty and ambiguity which was causing some distress to prospective adoptive...As soon as this Bill has passed both Houses, in clear and unambiguous language there should be published...adoption....The catalyst for this Bill was the Romanian situation, but what we are passing through the Dáil and the...Seanad is a foreign adoptions Bill that will apply not only to Romania but to many other countries as
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1991-05-15/13/
15 May 1991 -
Ryan First, I would like to place on record my unreserved support for the Bill before us this evening...the Minister for the many improvements he made to the original Bill....Given the complexity and intricacy of the law relating to adoption procedures in Ireland, this Bill represents...The Bill before us is absolutely vital to ensure legal protection for these children....At all costs, uncertainty must be avoided, I welcome the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-05-08/3/
8 May 1991 -
We are pleased that the Bill has now successfully passed through the Dáil....We are pleased that people who now adopt abroad will be in a position to ensure that their children properly...adopted abroad are treated in Ireland as adopted children and are treated no differently in Ireland...than a child adopted at home....We have done a good day's work on this Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1991-05-15/13/
15 May 1991 -
O'Reilly It is a privilege for me to present this Bill to the Seanad....The Bill empowers the Minister for Health to designate specific registered adoption societies to become...During 1990, approximately 150 Romanian children were adopted by Irish couples and couples are still...The Bill deals with all foreign adoptions and this is an important point....The Bill specifically proposes that assessments be carried out by the health boards or adoption societies