Frances Fitzgerald
Question:69 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Education in view of the 1,500 adoption files located at the National Archives, if there are similar files in her Department. [5948/96]
Written Answers. - Adoption Files.
The adoption files located in the National Archives refer to the pre-1962 adoption of children born in Ireland by families in the USA.
My Department is currently undertaking an examination of files in its possession relating to this period to ascertain precisely the number of files relevant to the matter referred to by the Deputy.