70 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children the legal status of the letter of commitments issued by the Health Service Executive to prospective parents intending to adopt from Russia in view of the blacklisting of ten HSE regions by the Russian federal authorities and the consequent suspension by Russia of processing applications for adoption by persons who have had home studies prepared by these HSE regions; the enforceability by the HSE of the commitments given there by parents to co-operate with the HSE; the details of the agreement between the Adoption Board and the Russian Embassy pertaining to the transmission of post-placement returns; the number of instances by HSE region where such post-placement returns have not been so transmitted to the Russian authorities; the stage in the process outlined by agreement with the embassy where this failure has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18308/09]

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70 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children the legal status of the letter of commitments issued by the Health Service Executive to prospective parents intending to adopt from Russia in view of the blacklisting of ten HSE regions by the Russian federal authorities and the consequent suspension by Russia of processing applications for adoption by persons who have had home studies prepared by these HSE regions; the enforceability by the HSE of the commitments given there by parents to co-operate with the HSE; the details of the agreement between the Adoption Board and the Russian Embassy pertaining to the transmission of post-placement returns; the number of instances by HSE region where such post-placement returns have not been so transmitted to the Russian authorities; the stage in the process outlined by agreement with the embassy where this failure has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18308/09]

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1. 7 May 2009

   Inter-Country Adoptions.

   70 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children the legal status of the letter of commitments issued by the Health Service Executive to prospective parents intending to adopt from Russia in view of the blacklisting of ten HSE regions by the Russian federal authorities and the consequent suspension by Russia of processing applications for adoption by persons who have had home studies prepared by these HSE regions; the enforceability by the HSE of the commitments given there by parents to co-operate with the HSE; the details of the agreement between the Adoption Board and the Russian Embassy pertaining to the transmission of post-placement returns; the number of instances by HSE region where such post-placement returns have not been so transmitted to the Russian authorities; the stage in the process outlined by agreement with the embassy where this failure has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18308/09]

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