Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2004
Department of Health and Children
Child Abuse
9:00 pm
Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown by category of all cases of child abuse as reported to the health authorities in 2001 to 2003, inclusive. [14119/04]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The figures for 2001 are in the following tabular statement. Figures for 2002 and 2003 are being collated. I anticipate that they will be available in September.
| 2001 | Primary Type of Abuse | Number of Reported Cases | Number of Children | Confirmed Abuse | Confirmed non-Abuse/ Unfounded | Inconclusive Assessment | Assessment Ongoing |
| Physical Abuse | 1,252 | 1,180 | 419 | 130 | 261 | 442 | |
| Sexual Abuse | 1,842 | 1,707 | 397 | 170 | 476 | 799 | |
| Emotional Abuse | 814 | 753 | 270 | 72 | 149 | 323 | |
| Neglect | 2,086 | 1,937 | 774 | 232 | 390 | 690 | |
| Total | 5,994 | 5,577 | 1,860 | 604 | 1,276 | 2,254 |
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