Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be aware that some very interesting and important data have emerged from the second interim report into the child care law reporting project, which revealed that one out of every four child care cases that ends up in the courts involves a family in which at least one parent is a member of an ethnic minority, and that African families are 20 times more likely to have a care order placed against their children. Clearly, this information needs to be analysed further. What are the Minister's initial opinions on the reasons for this?

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