Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of times the Adoption Board meets; the number of people who have applied in the past year to adopt; the number of people currently on the waiting list to adopt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13612/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Adoption Board meets every Tuesday with the exception of the Tuesdays following a Bank Holiday Monday. The Deputy's question on the number of people who have applied in the past year to adopt and the number of people currently on the waiting list to adopt relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.