Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the number of declarations for inter-country adoption issued by the Adoption Authority of Ireland since 1 November 2010. [15927/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The latest information available from the Adoption Authority is that 200 new Declarations of Eligibility and Suitability have issued since 1 November 2010 to persons intending to adopt from abroad pursuant to Section 40 of the Adoption Act 2010.

In addition, pursuant to Section 63 of the Adoption Act 2010, the AAI has issued 563 revised Declarations to persons who were already in possession of a valid Declaration of Eligibility & Suitability issued prior to 1st November 2010 by the former Adoption Board and who had adoptions in process at the time of the establishment of the Authority.