asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the Eastern Health Board area who are (a) boarded out, (b) adopted and in respect of whom allowances are paid, (c) maintained in institutions and (d) placed in employment, as of the latest available date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Health Board Children.
1.
The information requested is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Cheann Comhairle, I shall have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the table:
|
Number of children boarded out |
193 |
|
Number of children adopted in respect of whom allowances are paid |
31 |
|
Number of children maintained in institutions |
369 |
|
Number of children placed in employment |
36 |
The figures relate to 31st March, 1972, and those given for children in employment relate to those children for whom the health board have a responsibility under section 3 of the Children Amendment Act, 1957.
These are children under 18 years of age employed in the health board area for whom employment was found by persons who were not relatives and the circumstances of whose employment requires that they shall reside elsewhere than in their normal place of residence prior to the commencement of the employment.