Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I am informed that the numbers are very low. This was discussed at the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children. It is usually applied for when a child is in long term foster care and reaches the age of 16 or 17. The application is made and is usually successful but the numbers are quite small. I will undertake to provide the Senator with the information in due course.