The HSE gave an adoption agency €200,000 this year despite being told in a report that the agency had misreported HSE grant money in financial statements between 2007 and 2010.

Fees charged by adoption agencies in Ireland are in line with international norms.

ADOPTION agency Helping Hands, currently under investigation by the Adoption Board in relation to fees it charges people to adopt from Vietnam, has issued a report clearing the agency of any impropriety.

AdoptionIreland has today called for the resignation Sharon O'Driscoll from the Adoption Board, claiming that a conflict of interest exists.