Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 18:

In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:

14.—Where a jurisdiction permits adoption otherwise than through the Central

Authority of that jurisdiction, the adoptive parent or parents may arrange for the

carrying out of the adoption without the restriction of obtaining a referral from a

Central Authority in the originating state but subject to the consent of the Authority

and subject to the following—

(a) an attempt to carry out an inter-country adoption is not deemed to have commenced until the prospective adoptive parent or parents have been issued with a declaration;

(b) all formal documentation provided by the State during the process to identify the suitability of the adoptive parent or parents including a suitability report and clearance to provide the immigration of the child following the adoption process have been supplied to the originating state;

(c) the legal process in the originating state has been conducted according to the law of that state and is consistent with this Act;

(d) the adoptive child shall not be removed from the originating state before the completion of the legal adoptive process in the originating state;

(e) all relevant documentation to demonstrate the appropriate carrying out of the procedure in the originating state shall be provided to the Authority;

(f) documentation formally annotated from the legal entities of the originating state shall be accepted without recourse to further evidential proof unless such proof is required.".

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