Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Departmental Funding
Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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718. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monthly funding made available by his Department to mediation agencies for inter-country adoption, ARC Adoption and Helping Hands; if this funding is still available and will be available in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32140/15]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Interim funding of €10,000 on a monthly basis has been provided to Arc Adoption and Helping Hands Mediation Agency, who are both currently accredited to provide intercountry adoption mediation services since January 2014. This interim funding was suspended in June 2015, until deliberations in relation to the provision of intercountry adoption services, including the issue of the funding of agencies accredited are finalised.
This is a complex issue which requires careful consideration. I hope be in a position to finalise this matter shortly.
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