Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm for each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 the total number of adoption registrations here. [23165/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Adoption Authority (AAI) informs me that the following number of intercountry adoptions have been recognised under Section 5, Adoption Act 1991 and Section 57 (2)(b)(ii) of the Adoption Act, 2010 as appropriate: 307 in 2009, 200 in 2010, 188 in 2011, 117 in 2012 and 7 to date in 2013.

Figures received from the AAI in relation to domestic adoption registrations are as follows: in 2009, 189 in 2010, 39 in 2011, 46 in 2012 and 29 to date in 2013.