Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a child abduction case in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30478/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual cases that may be the subject of an application under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Such applications are facilitated by the Central Authority for International Child Abduction which is part of my Department.

A network of Central Authorities have been established in contracting states to facilitate such applications. I understand that the applicant in question is in contact with the Central Authority and the Authority continues to keep them informed as the matter progresses in another jurisdiction. Decisions on the outcome of such applications rest with the Courts of the relevant jurisdiction and not with the Central Authority.