Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ratify the Hague Convention with regard to adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17752/07]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The Adoption (Hague Convention, Adoption Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007 is currently being drafted to establish the Adoption Authority and to give the force of law to the Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention 1993). It is intended that the Bill will be published in 2007.