Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptions that have taken place here where the child originated from Hague-compliant states; if he will provide a list of the countries involved; and the number of adoptions per each of these countries that have taken place since the Adoption Act came into force in 2010. [44027/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Adoption Authority of Ireland has provided the following figures from the Register of Intercountry Adoptions.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children adopted into Ireland from the United States of America since November 2010; and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures to show the number of children who were adopted from each of the federal states. [44028/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Adoption Authority advises that 36 adoptions from the USA have been recorded in the Register of Intercountry Adoptions since the enactment of the Adoption Act 2010.

As the USA is considered to be one entity under the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, the Authority does not maintain statistics in respect of individual US states.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 4 November 2014, his views on the response where it states that 320 inter-country adoptions involving non-Hague signatories have taken place here since the Adoption Act of 2010 was enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Adoption Act, 2010 was commenced on 1 November 2010. The commencement of the Act coincided with Ireland's ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The legislation, which incorporates the provisions of the Hague Convention, is designed to provide a framework to ensure that appropriate procedures are followed.

The Adoption Act, 2010, contained a transitional provision to enable prospective adoptive parents to proceed with an adoption from a non-Hague or non-bilateral country, if prior to the establishment date they had been issued with a Declaration of Eligibility and Suitability to adopt. The provision required that the Adoption Authority would be satisfied that the particular adoption met the standards of the Hague Convention.