Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 November 2014
336. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 4 November 2014, his views on the response where it states that 320 inter-country adoptions involving non-Hague signatories have taken place here since the Adoption Act of 2010 was enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Adoption Act, 2010 was commenced on 1 November 2010. The commencement of the Act coincided with Ireland's ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The legislation, which incorporates the provisions of the Hague Convention, is designed to provide a framework to ensure that appropriate procedures are followed.
The Adoption Act, 2010, contained a transitional provision to enable prospective adoptive parents to proceed with an adoption from a non-Hague or non-bilateral country, if prior to the establishment date they had been issued with a Declaration of Eligibility and Suitability to adopt. The provision required that the Adoption Authority would be satisfied that the particular adoption met the standards of the Hague Convention.
