Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I will have to revert to the Deputy on the second matter. On the first matter, the Minister of State visited Vietnam where he dealt directly with his counterpart on the question of foreign adoptions. As we all know, this is an important and sensitive matter and one on which the Minister of State has been seeking to make progress. The Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, is active in that area but we have not yet resolved the issue to everyone's satisfaction.

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