594 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm, irrespective of a final decision on whether to postpone adoptions from Ethiopia once Ireland ratifies the Hague Convention, and pending bilateral agreement between the two countries, that parents who are nearing the declaration stage with the Health Service Executive and who have chosen this country as a place from which to adopt children and have invested time and effort into researching the culture and history of the country should be allowed to continue with the process until its completion, whilst not permitting further selection of Ethiopia by other parents who have not declared a choice, should this decision be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39074/09]

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594 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm, irrespective of a final decision on whether to postpone adoptions from Ethiopia once Ireland ratifies the Hague Convention, and pending bilateral agreement between the two countries, that parents who are nearing the declaration stage with the Health Service Executive and who have chosen this country as a place from which to adopt children and have invested time and effort into researching the culture and history of the country should be allowed to continue with the process until its completion, whilst not permitting further selection of Ethiopia by other parents who have not declared a choice, should this decision be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39074/09]

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1. 3 November 2009

   Inter-Country Adoptions.

   594 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm, irrespective of a final decision on whether to postpone adoptions from Ethiopia once Ireland ratifies the Hague Convention, and pending bilateral agreement between the two countries, that parents who are nearing the declaration stage with the Health Service Executive and who have chosen this country as a place from which to adopt children and have invested time and effort into researching the culture and history of the country should be allowed to continue with the process until its completion, whilst not permitting further selection of Ethiopia by other parents who have not declared a choice, should this decision be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39074/09]

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