Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Department of Health and Children
Inter-Country Adoptions
10:00 am
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the minimum age requirement for adoption from the United States; if this policy is consistent across all health board areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29877/10]
Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Section 33 of the Adoption Bill, 2009 provides for a minimum age of 21 at which an adoption order may be made or recognition given to an intercountry adoption effected outside the State. There is no upper age limit for eligibility to be assessed for inter-country adoption. However, prospective adoptive parents are assessed for eligibility and suitability to adopt a child. All applications for assessment to adopt are dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the HSE having regard to a range of factors including the prospective adoptive parent's capacity to safeguard the child throughout his or her childhood.
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