Seanad debates
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage
4:00 pm
Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
We must take cognisance of the inability of such states to come up to the minimum standards for which we negotiate or if they cannot sign or ratify the Hague Convention. I am not prepared to accept a parallel system of adoption in the Bill.
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