Plan proposes to speed up foreign adoptions

The process for adopting foreign children could be speeded up by the Minister for Children, who is currently examining plans to outsource responsibility for the practice from the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Radical new proposals to be put forward by the International Adoption Agency (IAA), an Irish-based, non-profit organisation, are to be considered by Barry Andrews, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in the coming weeks.