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IAA are committed to providing information and support to families who are engaged in intercountry adoption. This page is being updated, and will provide initial answers to some frequently asked questions.
In adoption, initiating and/or maintaining contact with birth family will always have many complexities and challenges. This workshop will explore the issues to be considered from the child’s, the adoptive parents’ and the birth parents’ point of view.
THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED OUT. IT WILL REPEATED IN LATE 2012. For many people involved in intercountry adoption, there comes a time when they need to explain ICA to their family, friends and support network. This event will provide an opportunity for prospective parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles, referees and friends to learn about intercountry adoption, and more importantly how they can support you, and your future child(ren) through this challenging - and exciting time.
23 February - Contact with Birth Families- Issues to Consider 10 March – Lifebook – An Interactive Workshop 31 March – Sole Adopters Spring Social Network 1 April – Easter Egg Hunt All events are for IAA Members except where otherwise stated. The calendar of events for 2012 is updated as events are scheduled. Please check [...]
The following events have already taken place in 2011: Sole Adopters Network – Dublin – 28th January Practical Parenting – Dublin – 26th February
Ireland ratified the 1993 Hague Convention through the enactment of the Adoption Act on 1 November 2010. The Hague Convention sets out a robust framework for regulating intercountry adoption on a global basis. Recent events in Mexico underline the importance of the Convention in providing a framework to regulate intercountry adoption. In relation to Mexico, [...]
Dail Debate 18 January 2012 Deputy Pat Breen: I welcome the opportunity to raise the important issue of intercountry adoptions. I commend the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the excellent job she has done since taking over her portfolio. She has rightly placed the welfare of our children at the heart of [...]
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald T.D, on return from her visit to Vietnam, today said that: “Since coming into office I have prioritised the development of a closer working relationship with the Vietnamese authorities on adoption. I know that this is an issue of enormous interest to prospective adopters from Ireland. [...]
Background: Mexico has become increasingly popular as a country to be considered for intercountry adoption in recent years. It ratified the Hague Convention in 1995. However, the former Adoption Board and the AAI have had occasion to raise a number of concerns with diplomatic and official Mexican authorities, and has urged caution on a [...]
A delegation from the AAI met with their counterparts in the Mexican National Central Authority in Mexico City on 9th December 2011. Items discussed included -the adoption process in Mexico -the accreditation process in Mexico for accredited bodies -Mexico and Ireland working together within the Hague Convention
Frances Fitzgerald, T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, is meeting Mr. Ha Hung Cuong, Vietnamese Minister for Justice, of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam later this week and will carry out a series of e
From the Hague Convention website (www.hcch.net)… Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
A delegation from the AAI will visit Vietnam in January 2012 to commence discussions on possible administration arrangements for inter country adoption between Ireland and Vietnam as provided for by Article 39(2) of the 1993 Hague Convention and Section 72 of the Adoption Act 2010.
A delegation from the Department of Children & Youth Affairs and the Adoption Authority of Ireland met with officials of the Ministry of Education & Science of the Russian Federation in Moscow on 13th and 14th December 2011. The visit took place within the context of preliminary talks on the possibility of agreeing [...]
The Adoption Authority of Ireland commenced a review of the adoption law(s) of the following countries on the dates indicated - - Kazakhstan 12 October 2011 - Panama 28 November 2011 - Turkey 30 November 2011 - Russian Federation (non-Hague) 16 December 2011 - Ethiopia (non-Hague) 19 December 2011 The general process for the review [...]
The Adoption Authority of Ireland decided on 8 February 2011, pursuant to Sections 126 and 127 of the Adoption Act 2010, to grant accreditation to ARC Adoption Ltd., to carry out the activities outlined in Section 4 (a,b,c,d) of the Adoption Act 2010.
A delegation from the AAI met with their counterparts in the Mexican National Central Authority in Mexico City on 9 December 2011.
AN IRISH delegation will arrive in Moscow this morning to begin negotiations on a bilateral agreement with Russia to resume adoptions from the country. The delegation is headed by Adoption Authority chairman Geoffrey Shannon, who is being accompanied by two senior officials from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
Adopting a child from abroad can be a long and complex process which can extend over several years. The prospective parents must be assessed as suitable by HSE social workers and this can take years.
The number of children adopted here from abroad has fallen dramatically in the past year, the Irish Independent has learned. There were just 200 inter-country adoptions between January and November, compared to a high of 397 in 2008. The fall comes after the ratification by Ireland of the Hague Convention in November 2010, which excluded [...]
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