Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps necessary to acquire a visa or immigration clearance letter for a non-Irish national child who has been adopted from a country (details supplied) by an Irish parent without prior clearance by the Adoption Board of Ireland, and when the child currently resides in another country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14078/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The immigration clearance letter allows a child from a specified country safe passage through immigration controls into the State in lieu of a visa.

However this letter will only issue on verification of proof that all the criteria set by the Adoption Board of Ireland have been fully met. This requires receipt by the Foreign Adoption Unit of my Department of the original declaration of eligibility and suitability from the Adoption Board attesting to the prospective parents.