Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum who arrive here and who are currently in secondary schools; the number of same who have been transferred from Dublin on reaching the age of 18 years; the number of same who are in secondary education and have to leave the relevant school due to the fact that they have been transferred from Dublin to other parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18982/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, has provided the statement below, of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from January 2000 to the end of March 2010.

Asylum applications from Unaccompanied Minors 2000-2010 (31/3)

Year Applications Received

2000 302

2001 600

2002 288

2003 271

2004 128

2005 131

2006 131

2007 94

2008 98

2009 56

2010 (31/3) 11

I regret that due to industrial action in the Health Service Executive, I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to the remainder of this Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.