Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the Adoption Board on its investigation into the mediation agency dealing with Vietnamese intercountry adoption; if a decision has been made on transitional measures for prospective parents who wish to continue to adopt from non-Hague countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8874/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I have not received the report of the Adoption Board in relation to this matter and I understand from the Board that enquiries in this regard are ongoing.

As regards the issue of transitional measures I brought forward at Committee stage a proposed amendment to the Adoption Bill 2009 that will enable prospective adoptive parents to proceed with an adoption from a non-Hague or non-bilateral country, if prior to the establishment date, they have been issued with a Declaration of Eligibility and Suitability to adopt. The amendment requires that the Adoption Authority (to be set up under the Act) would be satisfied that the particular adoption meets all the standards of the Hague Convention.