evidence: Adoption and parenting [edit]Irish adoption law allows for applications to adopt children by married couples, cohabiting couples or single applicants. The legalisation of same-sex marriage in Ireland, in conjunction with the passage of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (Irish: An tAcht um Leanaí agus Cóngais Teaghlaigh, 2015) and the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (Irish: An tAcht Uchtála (Leasú), 2017) means that same-sex couples are in law permitted to adopt.[53] [...] - ^ Oireachtas, Houses of the (3 May 2016). "Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 – No. 19 of 2017 – Houses of the Oireachtas". www.oireachtas.ie. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2023. - ^ "Adoption reform bill is signed into law by President Higgins". Newstalk. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2023.