Using a registered agency

It is important to request a service from an agency that you know has been registered and inspected for this purpose. It indicates that the agency meets the Government’s standards and should provide good quality services. Unregistered agencies are not allowed to provide intermediary services after the 29th December 2005. These safeguards have been put in place to ensure that everyone involved in providing intermediary services has a detailed understanding of the competing needs and wishes of persons separated by adoption and knowledge of the unique issues raised by adoption, contact and reunion.