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Foreign Adoptions.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 March 2004

Tuesday, 9 March 2004

Questions (226, 227)

Mary Upton

Question:

312 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if sufficient facilities will be in place to process foreign adoption applications; if there will be no undue delay in the processing of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7607/04]

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The allocation of resources within the health boards is a matter for the management of each board.

Mary Upton

Question:

313 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for foreign adoptions awaiting an initial processing in each health board area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7608/04]

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The most recent statistics available relate to numbers of applications on hand on 31 December 2003. At that time, the provisional figures for the number of completed applications for inter-country adoption awaiting first, second and subsequent assessments were as follows:

Health Board

1st Assessment

2nd and Subsequent Assessments

ERHA

397

62

MHB

35

5

MWHB

133

14

NEHB

63

16

NWHB

20

3

SEHB

118

19

SHB

224

52

WHB

51

4

TOTAL

1,041

175

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