Written answers
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Department of Health and Children
Inter-Country Adoptions
8:00 am
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal position between Ireland and Belarus in relation to adoption. [2105/11]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal position between Ireland and Belarus in relation to adoption. [2104/11]
Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 215 together.
Belarus has ratified the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The Adoption Act, 2010, commenced on 1st November 2010. This coincided with Ireland's formal ratification of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. All inter-country adoption arrangements are now governed by the terms of the Adoption Act, 2010, and all adoptions from a Hague country must be compliant with the rules set out in the Hague Convention.
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