Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The protections afforded to non-adopted children are also afforded to adopted children under the Child Care Act. If the concern is related to post-placement reports, that is a separate issue. It is not an obligation of the Adoption Authority.

There is also the constitutional issue of the right of any family to exclude a person from insisting on a post-placement report. Under the Constitution, a family does not have an obligation to furnish information about its children to any statutory authority for the benefit of a third country. That is why there is no statutory obligation in this regard. The Health Service Executive and the Adoption Authority have facilitated adoptive parents in attempting to comply with requirements from countries such as Russia that wish to obtain post-placement information.