PQ 171
168 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Health and Children if an analysis has been carried out regarding the length of time it takes to process overseas adoption requests in different parts of the country due to uneven spread of social worker resources; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in some areas applications can thus be processed within two to three years, whereas in Dublin it can take much longer; her views on whether this constitutes discrimination against couples in Dublin seeking to adopt; and if this anomaly will be dealt with. [35441/09]
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13 October 2009
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13 October 2009 · Foreign Adoptions.
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Paul Nicholas Gogarty
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168 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Health and Children if an analysis has been carried out regarding the length of time it takes to process overseas adoption requests in different parts of the country due to uneven spread of social worker resources; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in some areas applications can thus be processed within two to three years, whereas in Dublin it can take much longer; her views on whether this constitutes discrimination against couples in Dublin seeking to adopt; and if this anomaly will be dealt with. [35441/09]
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13 October 2009
Foreign Adoptions.
168 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Health and Children if an analysis has been carried out regarding the length of time it takes to process overseas adoption requests in different parts of the country due to uneven spread of social worker resources; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in some areas applications can thus be processed within two to three years, whereas in Dublin it can take much longer; her views on whether this constitutes discrimination against couples in Dublin seeking to adopt; and if this anomaly will be dealt with. [35441/09]
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Foreign Adoptions.
Foreign Adoptions.
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