I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this Debate. While, 42,000 adoptions orders have been made in this Country, since 1952, there has been a dramatic change in the pattern of adoptions. We know that, in the past, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s, over 2,000 Irish Children were adopted in the United States. They … Continue reading Breen urges Minister to resolve Bilateral Inter-Adoption Agreement with Vietnam – Debate on the Adoption Bill 2009