Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children who were in foster care for which a payment is being made to their foster families in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5688/06]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The latest available statistics from the child care interim dataset show that 4,016 children were in foster care in 2003. My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to provide me with the figures for 2004 and 2005 and as soon as they are received, I will forward them to the Deputy.