Seanad debates
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Adjournment Matters
Inter-Country Adoptions
2:10 pm
Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply but seek a clarification. He said that the accreditation of agencies to facilitate adoptions is solely a matter for the Adoption Authority under law. Earlier he stated that accreditation can only apply to the Indian special needs programme at this time. In other words, we are confining any adoptions from India to children with special needs. That is what I understood from his reply. Is that my correct interpretation?
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