http://hdl.handle.net/10147/143558 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:32:31 GMT 2013-05-21T01:32:31Z http://www.lenus.ie:80/hse/retrieve/430374/AAI.jpg http://hdl.handle.net/10147/143558 http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251732 Title: Report of the Adoption Board 1990 Authors: Adoption Board Description: The Board has the honour to present its thirty-eighth Annual Report for the year ended 31st December, 1990. The Board received 660 applications for adoption orders in 1990. Applications for children being adopted within their natural family increased from 257 in 1989 to 294 in 1990. These cases accounted for 45% of the applications received. The number of applications for the adoption of children placed by the health boards and the registered adoption societies continues to decline. The Board received 319 such applications in 1990 compared with 378 in the previous year. The Board received a substantial number of queries concerning foreign adoptions, particularly in relation to the adoption of Romanian children. The upsurge in interest in the adoption of children from abroad, particularly Romania, is reflected in the number of applications received by the Board for Irish adoption orders for such children (36). Twenty-seven of the applications were for Romanian children and nine were for children from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, India and the Lebanon. The Board made 648 adoption orders in 1990 compared with 615 in 1989. Family adoptions accounted for 268 orders, of which 232 orders were made in favour of the child's natural mother and her husband. The processing of applications for the adoption of children corning within the scope of the Adoption Act 1988 again accounted for a considerable portion of the Board's work. Last year the Board received 13 new applications. The Board made 17 declarations in favour of foster parents under the Adoption Act, 1988. Nine of the declarations were for children born within marriage. In 1990 the High Court made orders under the Adoption Act, 1988 authorising the adoption of seven children. The Board duly made adoption orders for the children concerned. Five of the children were foundlings, one was born within marriage and one was born outside marriage. Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251732 2012-11-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/249191 Title: Report of the Adoption Board 2002 Authors: Adoption Authority of Ireland Description: During 2002 the Board made 266 Irish adoption orders; 399 declarations of eligibility and suitability to adopt outside the State under the provisions of Section 5(1 )( iii)( lI) of the Adoption Act, 1991; 233 extensions to declarations; 336 entries in the Register of Foreign Adoptions; and it dealt with 721 written search and reunion enquiries. The Board assisted 84 applicants with the preparation of adoption applications packs that were forwarded by the Board to the Peoples Republic of China, Thailand, Belarus and the Republic of the Philippines. 31 adoption applications were sent to China, 6 to Thailand, 43 to Belarus and 4 to the Philippines. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/249191 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247311 Title: Report of the Adoption Board 1999 Authors: Adoption Authority of Ireland Description: The Board received a total of 367 adoption appli cations for the adoption of children resident in the State during 1998, 252 of which were in respect of family adoptions. Applications for the adoption of Irish children placed by the Health Boards and the Registered Adoption Societies remained static during 1999. The Board received a total of 93 such adoption applications in 1998 compared to 94 applications in 1999. Family adoption applications increased slightly during 1999 with 252 adoption applications being received compared to 241 in 1998. 1.4 The Board made 317 Irish adoption orders in 1999 compared to 400 in 1998. One hundred and ninety seven adoption orders were made in respect of family adoptions, 187 of which were made in favour of the child's mother and her husband. Ninety adoption orders were made in respect of children placed for adoption by the Health Boards and the Registered Adoption Societies compared to 99 such adoption orders in 1998. Eight Irish adoption orders were made in respect of Irish children placed privately by birth mothers for adoption. Private adoption placements were prohibited with the enactment of the Adoption Act, 1998. T he Board also made twenty two Irish adoption orders for children from overseas, seventeen in respect of children from Guatemala, two in respect of children from India, two in respect of children from Paraguay and one in respect of a child from Lebanon. T he children from Guatemala, Paraguay and Lebanon were the subject of "simple" adoptions in these countries and as "simple" adoptions are not recognisable under Irish law the adoptive parents had to apply, with the consent of the birth parents, for Irish adoption orders in respect of the children. In the case of the children from India the prospective adoptive parents were granted guardianship orders in respect of the children by the Indian High Court for the specific purpose of adopting the children under Irish law. The adoptive parents in all these cases were deemed eligible and suitable to adopt outside the State by the Board in advance of arranging the adoptions. See Tables Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247311 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247255 Title: Report of the Adoption Board 1991 Authors: Adoption Authority of Ireland Description: The Board received 646 applications for adoption orders in 1991. Applications for children being adopted within their natural family decreased from 294 in 1990 to 273 in 1991. These cases accounted for 42.26% of the applications received. There was a departure from the trend of continuing decline in the number of applications for the adoption of children placed by the registered adoption societies and the health boards. In the year under review these amounted to a total of 331 applications, compared with 319 in the previous year. The Board made 590 adoption orders in 1991 compared with 648 in 1990. Family adoptions accounted for 257 orders, of which 222 orders were made in favour of the child's natural mother and her husband. The processing of applications for the adoption of children coming within the scope of the Adoption Act 1988 continues to account for a considerable portion of the Board's work. The Board received 18 new applications in the year under review. The Board made 12 declarations in favour of prospective adopters under the Adoption Act, 1988. Six of the declarations were for children born within marriage. In 1991 the High Court made orders under the Adoption Act, 1988 authorising the adoption of six children and in the course of the year the Board made adoption orders in respect of four of these children. One child was a foundling and three were born within marriage. It remains the position that in each case which has come before the High Court since the Adoption Act, 1988 came into operation, the application was sponsored by the relevant health board on behalf of the prospective adopters. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247255 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z