Children in Care

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Questions (702)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

702. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 4 February 2014, if the information in respect of children in care in 2013, which his predecessor had indicated would be available in May 2014, is now to hand. [27287/14]

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Written answers

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

I have been advised by the Agency that at the end of December 2013 there were 6,462 children in care. A breakdown of the care orders which underpinned the first placement of these children is currently been collated. I will revert to the Deputy when this information becomes available.