Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to facilitate the adoption of orphans from Syria as part of the Government's participation in the European Union's refugee resettlement programme. [42361/15]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Adoption Act, 2010, provides for adoptions from countries that have ratified the Hague Convention on adoption and from countries where there is a bilateral agreement in place. Syria has not ratified the Convention and adoptions cannot currently take place from Syria.

The issue of refugee resettlement is matter for my colleague Frances Fitzgerald Minister for Justice Equality and Defence.