Liam Aylward
Ceist:177 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will have additional social workers appointed in the South Eastern Health Board area to deal in particular with assessments of the suitability of couples for adoption where there is a waiting list of four years and couples are concerned that they will have exceeded the age guideline laid down by his Department for adoption due to the backlog. [14545/99]