asked the Minister for Justice the quantity of barbed wire used as part of the security arrangements at Loughan House, County Cavan; the cost to public funds of the wire; and the country of origin of the wire.
371.
Written Answers. - Loughan House Detention Centre.
370.
asked the Minister for Justice the daily routine which will be followed by inmates of Loughan House, County Cavan.
372.
asked the Minister for Justice the diet provided for inmates of Loughan House, County Cavan.
373.
asked the Minister for Justice the recreational facilities which will be available at Loughan House, County Cavan.
374.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of teachers appointed in Loughan House, County Cavan, and the subjects which will be taught there.
375.
asked the Minister for Justice the cost of the security precautions necessary to make Loughan House, County Cavan, a secure place of detention for juveniles.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 to 375, inclusive, together.
The boys' day in Loughan House will be spent as follows:
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Sunday |
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8.30 a.m. |
Rise |
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9.00 a.m. |
Religious Observance (optional) |
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9.30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Recreation |
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1 - 2 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2 - 6 p.m. |
Recreation, tea-break, competitions etc. |
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6 p.m. |
Evening Tea |
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6.30 - 10 p.m. |
Film, recreational activities, supper. |
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Monday - Friday |
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8.15 a.m. |
Rise |
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9 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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9.45 a.m. |
School |
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11 - 11.15 a.m. |
Break |
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11.15 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. |
School |
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12.30 p.m. |
Religious Observance (optional) |
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1 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2 - 4 p.m. |
School (Break 3 - 3.15 p.m.) |
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4.15 - 5.45 p.m. |
Outdoor Recreation |
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6 p.m. |
Evening Tea |
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6.30 - 9.30 p.m. |
Recreational activites |
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9.30 p.m. |
Supper |
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10.30 p.m. |
Lights out. |
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Saturday |
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9 a.m. |
Rise |
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9.30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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10 - 11 a.m. |
General help in House |
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11 - 11.15 a.m. |
Break |
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11.15 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Recreation |
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1 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2 - 4 p.m. |
Visits from parents and families, Outdoor activities |
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4 - 4.15 p.m. |
Break |
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4.15 - 6 p.m. |
Showers, etc. |
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6 - 6.30 p.m. |
Tea |
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6.30 - 11 p.m. |
Recreation, supper at 9.30 p.m. — flexibility about bed-time, depending on activities. |
The menu approved for the boys is as follows:
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Breakfast: |
Cornflakes or porridge |
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Hot or cold milk |
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Toast |
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Bread, butter, marmalade, tea. |
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Day |
Dinner |
Tea |
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Sunday |
Chicken soup; roast chicken & stuffing or roast beef; roast potato and garden peas; trifle or fruit and ice cream |
Cold meat salad; brown and white bread, tea, butter and jam |
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Monday |
Beef/barley soup; boiled ham and parsley sauce or shepherd's pie; cabbage or turnip, creamed or boiled potatoes; Semolina and jam or apple tart and custard |
Beef burgers and chips; brown and white bread; tea, butter and jam |
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Tuesday |
Oxtail soup; rib steak & onions or roast pork and apple sauce; parsnips or garden beans; creamed or boiled potatoes; Jelly and ice cream or rhubarb crumble and dream topping |
Bacon, egg and sausage; brown and white bread; tea, butter and jam |
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Wednesday |
Mushroom soup; steak and kidney pie or lamb chop; brussels sprouts or carrots; creamed or boiled potatoes; Lemon meringue or fruit flan |
Bacon, black and white pudding; brown and white bread, tea, butter and jam |
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Thursday |
Mixed vegetable soup; stew or boiled chicken, carrots or cabbage; creamed or boiled potatoes; Tapioca pudding or bakewell tart and cream |
Scrambled egg or boiled egg, toast, brown and white bread; tea, butter and jam |
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Friday |
Spring vegetable soup; fish or fish fingers; celery or grilled tomatoes; chips or boiled potatoes; Prunes and custard or bread and butter pudding |
Savoury omelette and chips, brown and white bread, tea, butter and jam |
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Saturday |
Minestrone soup; boiled bacon or corned beef; cauliflower and cheese sauce or garden peas; creamed or boiled potatoes;Stewed apple and custard or ice cream |
Sausages and potatoes; brown and white bread; tea, butter and jam |
Notes:
1. ? pt. milk served with dinner
2. Fresh fruit at 4 p.m.
3. Milk and biscuits at 9.30 p.m.
4. Cheese on request
The boys in Loughan House will receive full-time education. The programme is designed to meet general, compensatory and remedial needs as well as practical subjects. County Cavan Vocational Education Committee are assigning eight full-time teachers. The curriculum will include Remedial Teaching, general subjects, Religion, Woodwork, Drawing, Arts and Crafts, Home Economics, Music, Rural Science and Physical Education. All the teaching posts have been filled with the exception of the post of music teacher. Advice and counselling will be available to the boys from staff at all levels. The staff includes welfare officers and a psychologist as well as Chaplaincy.
Recreational facilities include a gymnasium and an equipped cinema/theatre and television. There is a generous range of indoor games. The grounds provide football pitches, a volleyball court, a pitch and putt course and there are facilities for swimming, boating and fishing on Lough Macnean which adjoins the grounds. The water sport facilities will be afforded only to boys whose behaviour has stabilised.
It is planned to have an easy progression from the class-room programme to hobby work and indoor and outdoor recreation. The literacy class, for instance, leading on to theatre activity; physical education extending into the playing fields and woodwork and arts and crafts influencing hobbies and leisure time.
The total cost of making Loughan House custodially secure amounted to £198,800. This included £7,000 for approximately 930 metres of coiled security wire which is not manufactured in this country and was imported from West Germany. This wire has been used in the enclosure of grounds of approximately ten acres.