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| Title: | Report of the Adoption Board 1999 |
| Authors: | Adoption Authority of Ireland |
| Publisher: | Adoption Authority of Ireland |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247311 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| 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 |
| Keywords: | ADOPTION
STATISTICS |
| ISBN: | 0707665078 |
| Appears in Collections: | Adoption Authority of Ireland
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