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Ireland: “Big strides made in Vietnam’s adoption service”
From the Irish Examiner: Adoption Authority chairman Geoffrey Shannon and chief executive Elizabeth Canavan had travelled to the Far East country to “assess and report on the country’s progress on adoption and child protection processes”. They concluded that big strides had been made since November 2008, when the US suspended adoptions from Vietnam because of [...]
Irish Adoption body to gauge Vietnam’s progress
From The Irish Times: The chairman and newly appointed chief executive of the Adoption Authority left Ireland at the weekend for a three-day visit to Vietnam to examine the progress made by that country in improving its standards for intercountry adoptions. Geoffrey Shannon and Elizabeth Canavan will be seeking information on the measures Vietnam intends [...]
Ireland: Vietnam adoption deal unlikely until concerns resolved
From the Irish Examiner: Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald is due to meet with authority chairman, Geoffrey Shannon, and its chief executive, Liz Canavan, today to discuss a range of adoption issues, including the possibility of securing a new administrative agreement with Vietnam. Ms Canavan said: “The negotiation of an administrative agreement with any Hague [...]
Ireland: Minister seeks to reopen Vietnam for Irish adoptions
From the Irish Times: The government will begin talks on securing a new administrative agreement with Vietnam shortly to help reopen the southeast Asian state for Irish couples pursuing intercountry adoptions. An estimated 200 Irish couples seeking adoptions in Vietnam were left in limbo following a decision by the government last year to suspend all adoptions [...]
Irish adoption delegation visits US to discuss adoption of US children by Irish
From the Irish Times: The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) sent a delegation to the US last week to discuss inter-country adoption with officials there. The delegation was headed by its chairman, Geoffrey Shannon. It is understood there is an increased level of interest from Irish couples in adopting from the US. Inter-country adoptions are regulated [...]
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