John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review an application to the Adoption Authority of Ireland for the registration of a child adopted from Vietnam in October 2012 who is now registered and residing here (details supplied); if she will confirm that at the time of this adoption both Vietnam and Ireland had signed up to the Hague and a bilateral agreement that had been put in place by her; if she will consider directing the Adoption Authority of Ireland to progress the registration of this child on the basis that their parents were in full compliance with the 1991 Act in view of their adoption process having began prior to the 2010 Act being introduced (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6695/14]

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