Written answers

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Department of Health and Children

Inter-Country Adoptions

8:00 pm

Photo of Tom HayesTom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the French arrangements with Vietnam regarding adoption will be considered to resolve the lapse of the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam. [18801/09]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The entering into agreements by other sovereign States does not determine the stance or standards required by Ireland in entering into similar agreements. This must be determined by Irish policy and legal frameworks. In the same way, neither are such arrangements a prerequisite for the Government's decision.

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