Written answers

Wednesday, 28 June 2006

Department of Health and Children

Foreign Adoptions

11:00 pm

Photo of Jack WallJack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures persons (details supplied) must take to adopt a child from the United Kingdom; the guidelines or conventions that would determine such an adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25302/06]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the 1991 Adoption Act, in order to adopt, a person, or persons, who are resident in Ireland must apply for a Declaration of Eligibility and Suitability. Such Declarations are issued by the Adoption Board.

The application must be made through their local Health Service Executive Office / Adoption Society. A list of these offices is attached below for the Deputy's information.

The applicant(s) will be assessed by the Health Service Executive or Adoption Society to have their eligibility and suitability established. The assessment process itself involves a number of stages and the length of the process can vary between applicants depending on the particular circumstances of each case, bearing in mind at all times the best interests of the child.

List of HSE (Adoption Services) Countrywide:

PACT 15, Belgrave Road, Rathmines,Dublin 6.

H.S.E. Midland Area Health Centre, Dublin Road, Longford.

H.S.E. Mid Western Area Adoption & Fostering Centre, Parkbeg House, 2 Elm Drive, Caherdavin Lawn, Limerick.

St. Catherine's Adoption Society Clarecare Harmony Row, Ennis, County Clare.

H.S.E. North Eastern Area Adoption Service, St. Mary's Hospital, Dublin Road, Drogheda, County Louth.

H.S.E. North Western Area Regional Adoption Service, Custom House, 2 The Quays, Sligo.

H.S.E. Southern Area Adoption Department, Unit 4, South Ring Business Park, Kinsale Road, Cork.

H.S.E. South Eastern Area, 2 St. Andrew's Terrace, New Town, Waterford.

CLANN H.S.E. Western Area, The Annexe, West City Centre, Seamus Quirke Road, Galway.

H.S.E. Midland Area Fostering & Adoption Services, A.C.C. Building, Harbour Street, Tullamore, County Offaly.

H.S.E. Southern Area Kerry Adoption & Fostering Team, 6 Denny Street, Tralee, County Kerry.

H.S.E. South Western Area, Dartmouth House, Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10.

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