Review according to legislation and to our members
LGBT friendliness
Not yet evaluated. Relating to legislation and attitude in general
Possibility for single women to adopt
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Possibility for single men to adopt
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Possibility for same gender couples to adopt
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Recognition of same gender relationships
Not yet evaluated. Will be 3 for civil unions without parental rights and 5 for access to equivalent of marriage.

Overall
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Links to the Hague status

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Link to local Adoption Authority

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Link to local Adoption Agencies

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Latest updates

How the implementation of the Adoption Act on 1 November 2010 might affect adoptions

 The policy in respect of adoption from India is being reviewed at the moment.

Updates are usually taken from the AAI’s website.

NOTICE

The Adoption Authority is in receipt of correspondence dated 1st December 2010 from the Indian Embassy in Dublin which states:

“Inter-country adoptions from India proceed after Court orders under any one of the following three legislations:

1. Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956 which is applicable only to Hindus.
2. Guardians & Wards Act, 1890 which is applicable to all including non-Hindus.Under the Act, children are placed in guardianship only and for the final adoption decree, the guardian will have to approach legal authorities in the receiving country.
3. Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 which is applicable to non-Hindus also. Under the Act, the final adoption order is passed in India.

In respect of cases of adoption which may have been processed under the Guardians & Wards Act, where the parents take the child under guardianship and file for final adoption orders in Ireland, you may like to advise the Irish Adoption Board to inform the prospective adoptive parents in Ireland that non-Hindus are permitted to adopt under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.”

15 December 2010

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The enactment of the Adoption Act 2010 will bring about Ireland’s accession to the ‘Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption’ (the ‘Hague Convention’).

Article 2 of the Hague Convention states -

(1)  The Convention shall apply where a child habitually resident in one Contracting State (“the State of origin”) has been, is being, or is to be moved to another Contracting State (“the receiving State”) either after his or her adoption in the State of origin by spouses or a person habitually resident in the receiving State, or for the purposes of such an adoption in the receiving State or in the State of origin.

Persons proposing to adopt abroad should always seek independent legal advice prior to doing so.

Persons proposing to adopt abroad from a Hague Convention country AFTER

1 November 2010 should satisfy themselves

-         that their adoption complies with the terms and conditions of the Hague Convention.

-         that the Agent / Agency they have engaged is properly accredited by the Central Authority in the country of origin.

-         that the Agent / Agency they have engaged can produce a valid Article 23 Certificate from a Competent Authority in the state of origin in respect of that adoption.

Details of the Hague Convention and a list of the Central Authorities, the Accredited Bodies and the Competent Authorities are available on the Hague Convention’s website –

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The Adoption Board examined the adoption law of INDIA on 28/5/2002. The Board decided that at that date certain adoptions effected by person’s of the HINDU faith and carried out in accordance with the law of that country MAY comply with the definition of a ‘foreign adoption’ as stated in S. 1 of the Adoption Act 1991. Full / plenary adoptions carried out in accordance with the adoption law of INDIA and which satisfy the criteria stated in s. 1 of the Adoption Act 1991 MAY qualify for an entry in the Register of Foreign Adoptions. Person’s intending to have a child placed with them in INDIA are advised to seek independent legal advice prior to doing so. The placement of the child in such circumstances MAY be contrary to S. 34 of the Adoption Act 1952 (as amended), i.e. the placement is not by the natural mother to a close relative or the HSE. The Adoption Board is currently reviewing the adoption law of India.