130 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in the matter of inter country adoptions of children from Vietnam, she foresees a bilateral agreement with Vietnam and Ireland in place before he Adoption Bill is passed; if there will be a shorter waiting time for assessments; if, in agreeing to introduce agencies to assess applicants, this will result in applicants having to apply to the Health Service Executive in the first instance but as the Bill provides that such independent agencies must refer all completed assessments back to the HSE for final approvals this will result in another waiting list in the HSE; if the HSE will be asked to manage applications in a manner which will reduce waiting times; if she will introduce a grandfather clause which would allow adoptive applicants to conduct a subsequent adoption from a country they have already adopted from; if a sole applicant wishing to adopt will have the same statutory right to an assessment as married applicants in view of the fact that there is a change in the nature of family structures here ; if it will be possible to adopt children from non-Hague or non-bilateral countries in view of the fact that the Hague Convention requires member states to operate to the Hague Convention standards but does not preclude adoption from non-Hague Convention countries. [43761/09]

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130 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in the matter of inter country adoptions of children from Vietnam, she foresees a bilateral agreement with Vietnam and Ireland in place before he Adoption Bill is passed; if there will be a shorter waiting time for assessments; if, in agreeing to introduce agencies to assess applicants, this will result in applicants having to apply to the Health Service Executive in the first instance but as the Bill provides that such independent agencies must refer all completed assessments back to the HSE for final approvals this will result in another waiting list in the HSE; if the HSE will be asked to manage applications in a manner which will reduce waiting times; if she will introduce a grandfather clause which would allow adoptive applicants to conduct a subsequent adoption from a country they have already adopted from; if a sole applicant wishing to adopt will have the same statutory right to an assessment as married applicants in view of the fact that there is a change in the nature of family structures here ; if it will be possible to adopt children from non-Hague or non-bilateral countries in view of the fact that the Hague Convention requires member states to operate to the Hague Convention standards but does not preclude adoption from non-Hague Convention countries. [43761/09]

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