For the Adoption Authority of Ireland to send dossiers to India for Irish prospective adoptive parents as per US and Mexico model
And for the Minister for children and youth affairs to resolve the issue of expiring declarations as a matter of
urgency.
We the undersigned support a significant
number of prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) pursuing an adoption from India .
These Parents wish to effect entirely ethical adoptions, which are in the best interests of the children involved, and with full respect for his or her fundamental rights at every stage of the process
We call on the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) and the Minister, as a matter of urgency, to:
-Transmit dossiers to India as per the US, Mexico and others models.(CARA has been accepting relevant categories all along and was accepting “normal” categories when it re-opened in January 2012 and invited the AAI to send dossiers)
The latest dossier the AAI sent to Mexico was as recent as week ending 23/05/14 and yet they continue to state that they will not send dossiers to India because it is not "best practice".
-Extend the expiry dates of current declarations
The current duration of Declarations and Extensions is insufficient to effect and adoption. This issue needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.
- Complete the full accreditation of an agency in Ireland for India. This has already taken too long. Other EU jurisdictions had all this work done prior to Hague being finalised.
About 20 million children were orphans in India in 2011 with the figure likely to rise to 24m by 2021.
( Hindustan Times, July 26, 2011)
With the co-operation of India, the AAI and the Minister should do their part in helping Irish families who are willing to adopt these children.
We call on the Minister and the Adoption Authority of Ireland to find a resolution to resolve these issues before time runs out for the families involved in this process
We are concerned that the length of time it is taking the authorities (since 2010) to establish a working relationship with India will result, as it already has for many of us, in prospective adoptive parents reaching the Indian authorities’ age limits.
This would mean having invested up to 10 years of emotions, admin work, legal fees, HSE social workers assessments and home studies for nothing.
No child will benefit from it and a considerable amount of public resources would have been wasted.
Disclaimer:
The Ireland-India support group always has and intends to continue to operate within the law and it is NOT the purpose of the group to provide any advice or information to PAPs on how to adopt from India
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 5, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2014
226 Comments
As an adoptive parent, who lived in a children's home for three month, I watched children hanging on to an new adult in the hope that they would be their special one. It breaks my heart that the welfare of children is being put on hold by red tape.
We were told countries need to be Hague compliant...yet even when they are there appears to be barriers. How many more barriers are we expected to overcome? I understood that if both countries were Hague compliant that thing should run more smoothly. The opposite seems to have happened
I support this petition 100%. Inter-county Adoption is practicably, no it is impossible since Ireland became a Hague country due to Ireland's interpretation........ 'best interests of children' I think not, it's time to change this that it is in the 'best interest of the children'
It is such a great opportunity for any child to be part of a loving home, and for any parents to give the gift of love, family and a chance in life that it goes without saying there is a need to have an accredited agency in Ireland for India & to transmit dossiers to India as per US & Mexico.
please do not procrastinate any longer and send dossiers to CARA, The administrative delays you are imposing on applicants is unacceptable and not in the best interests of children waiting to be adopted in India.
how can red tape be used to keep pap's and children from becoming forever families would it be so easy to see children dying in pain or in the hands of predtiors and then still youse red tape as an excuse imagine if that was your child it must be hard to wash the blood of children from your hands . And to join the list of people who won't help the children . How would you feel if you could come home from work and instead of knowing children are dying you instead smile and say I helped to make a forever family today. That one less that you have given a chance of a happy life to .
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For the Adoption Authority of Ireland to send dossiers to India for Irish prospective adoptive parents as per US and Mexico model
And for the Minister for children and youth affairs to resolve the issue of expiring declarations as a matter of
urgency.
We the undersigned support a significant
number of prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) pursuing an adoption from India .
These Parents wish to effect entirely ethical adoptions, which are in the best interests of the children involved, and with full respect for his or her fundamental rights at every stage of the process
We call on the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) and the Minister, as a matter of urgency, to:
-Transmit dossiers to India as per the US, Mexico and others models.(CARA has been accepting relevant categories all along and was accepting “normal” categories when it re-opened in January 2012 and invited the AAI to send dossiers)
The latest dossier the AAI sent to Mexico was as recent as week ending 23/05/14 and yet they continue to state that they will not send dossiers to India because it is not "best practice".
-Extend the expiry dates of current declarations
The current duration of Declarations and Extensions is insufficient to effect and adoption. This issue needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.
- Complete the full accreditation of an agency in Ireland for India. This has already taken too long. Other EU jurisdictions had all this work done prior to Hague being finalised.
About 20 million children were orphans in India in 2011 with the figure likely to rise to 24m by 2021.
( Hindustan Times, July 26, 2011)
With the co-operation of India, the AAI and the Minister should do their part in helping Irish families who are willing to adopt these children.
We call on the Minister and the Adoption Authority of Ireland to find a resolution to resolve these issues before time runs out for the families involved in this process
We are concerned that the length of time it is taking the authorities (since 2010) to establish a working relationship with India will result, as it already has for many of us, in prospective adoptive parents reaching the Indian authorities’ age limits.
This would mean having invested up to 10 years of emotions, admin work, legal fees, HSE social workers assessments and home studies for nothing.
No child will benefit from it and a considerable amount of public resources would have been wasted.
Disclaimer:
The Ireland-India support group always has and intends to continue to operate within the law and it is NOT the purpose of the group to provide any advice or information to PAPs on how to adopt from India
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 5, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2014
226 Comments
bringing our daughter home from India has been the biggest joy to us & our families & friends ...please allow waiting parents the opportunity to give the wonderful children waiting in the orphanages their forever families
As an adoptive parent, who lived in a children's home for three month, I watched children hanging on to an new adult in the hope that they would be their special one. It breaks my heart that the welfare of children is being put on hold by red tape.
We were told countries need to be Hague compliant...yet even when they are there appears to be barriers. How many more barriers are we expected to overcome? I understood that if both countries were Hague compliant that thing should run more smoothly. The opposite seems to have happened
I support this petition 100%. Inter-county Adoption is practicably, no it is impossible since Ireland became a Hague country due to Ireland's interpretation........ 'best interests of children' I think not, it's time to change this that it is in the 'best interest of the children'
It is such a great opportunity for any child to be part of a loving home, and for any parents to give the gift of love, family and a chance in life that it goes without saying there is a need to have an accredited agency in Ireland for India & to transmit dossiers to India as per US & Mexico.
please do not procrastinate any longer and send dossiers to CARA, The administrative delays you are imposing on applicants is unacceptable and not in the best interests of children waiting to be adopted in India.
how can red tape be used to keep pap's and children from becoming forever families would it be so easy to see children dying in pain or in the hands of predtiors and then still youse red tape as an excuse imagine if that was your child it must be hard to wash the blood of children from your hands . And to join the list of people who won't help the children . How would you feel if you could come home from work and instead of knowing children are dying you instead smile and say I helped to make a forever family today. That one less that you have given a chance of a happy life to .
Want to adopt baby gorl
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bringing our daughter home from India has been the biggest joy to us & our families & friends ...please allow waiting parents the opportunity to give the wonderful children waiting in the orphanages their forever families