Applications for Irish adoption orders. Adoption orders made by HSE area. Placements by each Adoption Society and by HSE area. Structure of adoptive families. Age of child at date adoption order made and at placement for adoption. Information on natural fathers. Age of adopters at date of adoption order. Analysis of placements and domestic adoption trends. Number of persons on the Register of Foreign Adoptions by sex of child and country of origin. Declarations of eligibility and suitability granted and refused by county. Written adoption information and tracing enquiries. National adoption contact preference register registrations and matches.