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Sat 05 May 2009The cost of reshaping adoption
Serious concerns over ‘irregularities’ in adoptions from Vietnam have led to the lapsing of an agreement with Ireland at a time when a new Adoption Bill aims to update the law, writes CAROL COULTER,Legal Affairs Editor
THE DEBATE ON the Adoption Bill 2009 concluded in the Seanad earlier this week, marked by emotional exchanges on the issue of inter-country adoptions. It now goes back to the Dáil for its final stages, when it will bring into Irish law the Hague Convention, the main international statute governing inter-country adoptions, as well as consolidating all existing laws on adoption.
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