Seán Crowe
Ceist:453 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the in Eastern Regional Health Authority region there are 500 or more Nigerian children under the age of 16 in care and that the health authority refused to attend a conference on human trafficking organised here in November 2003 by the Vice President of Nigeria, Mrs. Amina Abubakar, and also refused her permission to visit the centre at which the children are held. [31123/03]