Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 16 October 2012, if she will outline the anticipated timeframe for the adoption process to reopen; and the criteria applied to applications. [54132/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has accredited ARC Adoptions Ltd. and Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency for activities in relation to facilitating adoptions from Vietnam. It is now open to both Irish agencies to apply to the Vietnamese authorities for a licence to operate in Vietnam prior to the commencement of adoptions from that country. The criteria which apply to all such adoptions are as set out in the Adoption Act, 2010.