60 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is unacceptable that persons applying for inter country adoption have to wait for five years or more before they are allowed to complete the assessment process, in consequence of which the waiting list for foreign adoptions has doubled in the past five years; if she will take steps to establish a more effective system bearing in mind that many such applicants may be middle aged couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2364/08]

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60 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is unacceptable that persons applying for inter country adoption have to wait for five years or more before they are allowed to complete the assessment process, in consequence of which the waiting list for foreign adoptions has doubled in the past five years; if she will take steps to establish a more effective system bearing in mind that many such applicants may be middle aged couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2364/08]

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