Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach may be aware that there are five Irish families with whom a referral has been made with a Russian family to adopt a child but that due to changes in the eligibility criteria by the Russian authorities, these Irish families risk losing the child for whom a referral has been made. Does the Government intend to act in a humane and compassionate manner in this regard and bring forward amending legislation to the Adoption Act 2010 which would ensure these five families would be united with the children for whom a referral has been made?

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