Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

This is about the transfer of a child from the State to another contacting state, in accordance with the Hague Convention. Does it apply to countries with which we have a bilateral agreement? Does it work the other way? If a country is not signed up to the Hague Convention, does this mean that a child could be transferred to those countries with which we have a bilateral agreement or does it have to be only to a country signed up to the Hague Convention?