Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Inter-Country Adoptions

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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877. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure a bilateral agreement is made with Russia to allow Irish families to adopt children from Russia without further delay. [29722/14]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Efforts are ongoing in my Department in relation to a bilateral agreement on intercountry adoption between Ireland and the Russian Federation. Following a meeting with a delegation of Russian officials in October 2013 my Department prepared revised draft wording on a number of specific points. This was forwarded to the Russian Authorities in February 2014. In transmitting these revisions it was suggested that should these revisions be acceptable to the Russian Federation, it would be useful for both sides to meet again for further discussions.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation have advised the Irish Embassy in Moscow that all proposed adoption agreements are currently on hold while the Russian Government considers proposals in relation to how they deal with adoption agreements in general. It is understood that the Russian Federation's Supreme Court recently made recommendations regarding adoption agreements and these are currently being considered by the Russian Government. It is hoped that following the Russian Government's consideration of these matters they will be in a position to examine and respond to the Irish proposals.

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