Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013
25. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the location where the records from the 42 mothers and baby homes that operated here and handled tens of thousands of adoptions over the decades are held; the amount of information held by the Health Service Executive in Glanmire; and the other information that is held in Glanmire, which can be made available to persons tracing their birth mothers or their children. [47752/13]
View answerI wish to refer the Deputy to my response to her Priority PQ No 47753 of today's date.
The HSE has confirmed to me that they hold the following records at Glanmire:
Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home approximately 7,500 records
Bessboro Mother and Baby Home approximately 10,800 records
St. Anne’s Adoption Society approximately 3,500 records
HSE/Southern Health Board approximately 1,500 records
St Mary’s Adoption Society, Kerry approximately 500 records
Approximately 5,500 Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home files, originally stored at Glanmire, have recently been transferred to HSE North West. A comprehensive list of adoption information tracing services and file locations is available on the HSE website.
