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Ireland: Scandals at home and abroad have shaken adoption board
From the Irish Examiner: According to its website, the Adoption Board is “responsible for registering and supervising the registered adoption societies and for maintaining the adoption societies register”. However, the level of supervision it actually carries out is questionable. Numerous cases of illegal adoptions and questionable practices involving accredited adoption agencies have been highlighted by [...]
Ireland: New legislation restricts intercountry adoption from Russia, Vietnam, and Ethiopia
From the Independent: Hundreds of Irish couples seeking to adopt a child from abroad face fresh uncertainty as new legislation restricts the number of countries that are open to them. The Adoption Bill, which was passed on Friday, excluded Russia, Vietnam and Ethiopia from the list of countries. Only countries that have ratified the international [...]
Ireland: Doubt remains over adoptions from Vietnam for Irish 20 couples
From The Post.IE: Twenty Irish couples who were told that their adoptions from Vietnam would be expedited 12 months ago still do not know if their adoptions will ever go through. The couples’ applications had been approved by Vietnamese authorities, and were at an advanced stage, when the state decided not to renew the bilateral [...]
Ireland: Vietnam law change may allow adoptions to resume
From The Post: Adoptions from Vietnam [to Ireland] are set to restart from January next year, after Vietnam passed legislation to ensure that its laws comply with the Hague Convention on intercountry adoption. Around 60 per cent of the 400 or so international adoptions in Ireland every year are from Vietnam. However, the existing bilateral [...]
Ireland: New adoption agency to bid for clients in coming weeks
From The Irish Times: A new adoption mediation agency will seek to engage with the governments of Vietnam, Bulgaria, India and Mexico concerning adoption when the Adoption Bill is passed in the coming weeks. The Bill ratifies the Hague Convention on inter-country adoption. The executive director of Arc Adoption, Shane Downer, former chief executive of [...]
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