Press Release: Minister Brady welcomes the publication of the European Child Safety Alliance report on child injury and safety in Europe

The European Child Safety Alliance (Eurosafe), on 6 May 2009, published its Child Safety Report Cards on child and adolescent injuries for 24 European countries. It also released the Europe Summary Report Card which scores countries on their level of adoption, implementation and enforcement of over 100 proven, effective child injury prevention strategies. The Child Safety Report Card for Ireland showed that progress was being made with regard to child and adolescent safety across a range of sectors. Other countries included in the review were: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Wales.

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European Child Safety Alliance (Eurosafe): Child safety report cards 2009 http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/wwwVwContent/l3childsafetyreportcards2009.htm

European Child Safety Alliance: Child safety report card 2009: Ireland http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/0/5C8F06425CA71F7FC12575AC00468122/$file/IRELAND%20RC%202009.pdf

European Child Safety Alliance: Child safety country profile 2009: Ireland http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/0/5C8F06425CA71F7FC12575AC00468122/$file/IRELAND%20CP%202009.pdf

European Child Safety Alliance: Press Release, 6.5.09: More children’s lives could be saved in the EU - European Child Safety Alliance launches a 24-country report http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/wwwVwContent/l4pressrelease-111.htm

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