Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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405. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that were made wards of court in 2019 and to date in 2020; the reason for the discrepancies in the figures provided by his Department in Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 8 December 2020, which stated that 385 persons were declared wards in 2019 and 269 persons have been declared wards to date in 2020; and the figures provided by the Department of Justice in Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 8 December 2020, which held that 346 persons were declared wards of court in 2019 and 271 have been declared wards to date in 2020; the correct figure for the number of persons who were declared wards of court in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43383/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I understand an apparent discrepancy arose as the figures supplied to the Deputy by my Department in response to her query included figures for minors, whereas the figures supplied by the Department of Justice referred to adults only.