Alan Shatter
Ceist:219 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports of child abuse received by each health board in the State during 1996; the number of these reports confirmed; if he will give a breakdown of the number of children within each health board area that it is alleged were the victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect; and the number of these allegations confirmed. [21818/97]
