Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

With regard to the Government's commitment to put in place a new foreign adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam, in respect of which the Minister returned from Vietnam last week, could the Tánaiste update the House for the sake of people seeking to adopt and who are waiting to hear the up-to-date position? Can they expect a new agreement to be in place this summer? Must they wait until the new session in September or can they expect a temporary agreement to be put in place allowing them to proceed with their adoptions? Many are half way through the adoption process.

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform promised a data protection Bill. Fine Gael published its own Data Protection (Disclosure) (Amendment) Bill, which became even more relevant following recent data protection breaches. Can we expect any developments in this regard in the autumn?

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