David Norris (Independent)

I move amendment No. 49:

In page 32, to delete lines 28 to 32 and substitute the following:

"As soon as practicable after the Health Service Executive or an accredited body receives an application under subsection (1), the Health Service Executive or the accredited body may take the following steps concerning the adoption proposed under the separate application referred to in subsection (2)(b) or arrange for the steps to be taken by an accredited body:".

The idea behind this amendment is that all the parties to an adoption should have an equitable right to adoption services-----