Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

A number of bilateral agreements for intercountry adoptions are due for renewal next year but doubts have arisen regarding several of these. We have not put into law the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, which we signed 15 years ago. It was promised that an adoption Bill would be brought with some haste during this session but the Bill has not yet appeared. When is the Bill likely to appear and when will it be implemented?

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