Adoption Authority Of Ireland

Micheál Martin describes issue of illegal adoption as ‘shocking’

Adoption-tracing legislation needed, says expert, as case studies to go before Cabinet

Judge criticises 9-year delay in making adoption orders

Couples secured guardianship orders in India in 2011, with view to adopting the children in Ireland

Adoption ‘is for children, not for people who wish to be parents’

CEO of Adoption Authority of Ireland makes no apologies for time-consuming rigour of system

Adoptions facilitated in face of Covid-19 obstacles

Adoption Authority use of videolink allowed children give evidence remotely from home

A fifth of adoptees who applied to see birth certs in 2019 denied access

‘No other parent has the ability to deny their child access to their own birth cert’

Nearly 5,000 children adopted by parents in Ireland since 1991

Largest number have come from Russia, followed by Romania, China and Ethiopia

Closure of Cúnamh Adoption Services ‘a huge disappointment’

Under proposed legislation all such services will be vested solely in State agencies

Catholic adoption agency Cúnamh closes its Dublin doors after 106 years

Legislative changes will vest all future legal rights and responsibilities for information and trace services solely in State agencies

Budget 2020 main points: Free GP care for under 8s, extra gardaí to be recruited

Free dental care for under 6s, Help-to-Buy extended, more SNAs and teachers to be hired

Damages claim by woman who gave up daughter for adoption

Woman (56) says she was coerced into having her baby adopted nearly 40 years ago

Adoption files around the country could be seized under new Bill

Adoption Authority has identified 160 potential locations where files are being held

Shame and guilt hang over people caught up in adoption scandal – solicitor

CLP’s Norman Spicer said State redress scheme could help avoid prolonged litigation

Zappone delays adoption Bill to allow more consultation

Minister halts legislation after meeting advocacy groups, lawyers, social workers

Zappone rejects claim that adoption bill errs on side of secrecy

Adoption Rights Alliance says Minister risks ‘being on the wrong side of history’

Woman ‘given back wrong child’ to begin legal proceedings

Helen Maguire (71) left infant daughter in temporary care at St Patrick’s Guild in Dublin

Woman tells court she was coerced into giving up baby in 1979

Woman suing Adoption Authority of Ireland alleging personal injuries, breach of rights

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