asked the Minister for Health if he will state in relation to each health board area the number of residential places available for children in public care indicating (a) the name of each facility, (b) its location, (c) its form of management, (d) the number of places it provides by age and sex, and (e) whether short or long-term care is provided.
Written Answers. - Children in Public Care.
The information requested is shown in the table hereunder:
No. of places |
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Health Board |
Name of Facility |
Location |
Management |
Male |
Female |
Eastern |
St. Kyran's |
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow |
Sisters of Mercy |
38 |
20 |
St. Vincents |
Goldenbridge, Inchicore |
Sisters of Mercy |
25 |
33 |
|
The Grange |
Kill-o-the-Grange, Inchicore |
Sister of Our Lady of Charity |
— |
— |
|
St. Anne's |
Kilmacud, Stillorgan |
Sisters of Our Lady of Charity |
— |
15 |
|
St. Vincents |
North William Street |
Sisters of Mercy |
4 |
10 |
|
St. Anne's |
Booterstown, Blackrock |
Sisters of Mercy |
6 |
11 |
|
St. Mary's |
Lakelands, Sandymount |
Sister of Charity |
9 |
16 |
|
Re Ville Training Centre |
Lr. Seán MacDermott Street, Dublin |
Sisters of Our Lady of Charity |
— |
10 |
|
St. Clare's |
Harolds Cross |
Sisters of St. Clares |
7 |
22 |
|
St. Joseph's |
Tivoli Road, Dún Laoghaire |
Daughters of the Heart of Mary |
8 |
15 |
|
St. Laurence's |
Finglas, Dublin |
De La Salle Brothers |
88 |
— |
|
St. Saviours |
Lr. Dominick Street, Dublin |
Dominican Fathers |
39 |
— |
|
Trudder House |
Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow |
Dublin Committee for Travelling People |
6 |
— |
|
Sacred Heart Home |
Lr. Drumcondra, Dublin |
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent due Paul |
12 |
33 |
|
High Park and Cuain Mhuire |
Drumcondra, Dublin |
Sisters of Our Lady of Charity |
8 |
9 |
|
— |
15 |
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Cottage Home |
Tivoli Road, Dún Laoghaire |
General Committee |
18 |
9 |
|
Don Bosco House |
38/39 Upr. Gardiner Street Dublin 1 |
Salesian Fathers |
13 |
— |
|
Glensilva |
Tivoli Road, Dún Laoghaire |
Mrs. Smyly's Homes |
15 |
8 |
|
Kirwan House |
Ranelagh, Dublin |
Board of Governors |
4 |
6 |
|
Madonna House |
Blackrock, County Dublin |
Irish Sisters of Charity |
— |
— |
|
Miss Carr's |
Northbrook Road, Dublin |
Miss Carr's Homes |
7 |
8 |
|
Sarsfield House |
Inchicore, Dublin 8 |
Sons of Divine Providence |
17 |
— |
|
Scoil Ard Mhuire |
Lusk, County Dublin |
Department of Education |
47 |
— |
|
South-Eastern |
St. Joseph's |
Ferryhouse, Clonmel |
Rosminian Fathers |
78 |
— |
Gracepark Training Centre |
Waterford |
Good Shepherd Sisters |
— |
— |
|
Mayfield Home |
College Street, Waterford |
Good Shepherd Sister |
12 |
19 |
|
St. Michael's |
Cappoquin, County Waterford |
Sister of Mercy |
26 |
14 |
|
St. Michael's |
Wexford |
Mercy Convent |
— |
11 |
|
St. Joseph's |
Waterford Road, Kilkenny |
Sister of Charity |
55 |
50 |
|
North-Western |
Nazareth House |
Fahan, Lifford, |
Nazareth Sisters |
5 |
3 |
County Donegal |
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Nazareth House |
Sligo |
Sisters of Nazareth |
— |
10 |
|
Letterkenny Family Group Home |
Letterkenny |
Health Board |
1 |
5 |
|
Geevagh, County Sligo |
Sligo |
Health Board |
1 |
2 |
|
Southern |
Liosomoine |
Killarney |
Sisters of Mercy |
8 |
16 |
St. Joseph's |
Mallow |
Sister of Mercy |
16 |
16 |
|
St. Coleman's |
Rushbrooke, County Cork |
Sister of Mercy |
66 |
9 |
|
St. Joseph's |
Passage West, Cork |
Sister of Mercy |
26 |
4 |
|
Nazareth House |
Tralee |
Sister of Mercy |
12 |
13 |
|
St. Finbarr's |
Sunday's Well, County Cork |
Good Shepherd |
17 |
27 |
|
Marymount Training Centre |
Sunday's Well, County Cork |
Good Shepherd |
— |
9 |
|
Midland |
Mount Carmel |
Moate, County Westmeath |
Sister of Mercy |
29 |
29 |
Western |
St. Joseph's |
Clifden, County Galway |
Sister of Mercy |
19 |
11 |
Aisling and Loyola |
Renmore, County Galway |
Sister of Mercy |
3 |
14 |
|
Mid-Western |
Mount St. Vincents |
O'Connell Avenue, Limerick |
St. Mary's Community |
22 |
27 |
St. Georges |
Clare Street, Limerick |
Good Shepherd Sisters |
14 |
23 |
|
North-Eastern |
St. Vincents |
Fair Street, Drogheda |
Daughters of Charity |
26 |
9 |
St. Joseph's |
Dundalk, County Louth |
Sisters of Mercy |
— |
5 |
|
St. Clare's |
Stamullen, County Meath |
Sister of St. Clare |
26 |
17 |
As regards the ages of children the homes are approved generally for the reception of children up to the age of sixteen years. The duration of stay on the circumstances of each individual case.
397.
asked the Minister for Health the form of consultative machinery which exists, on a formal or informal basis, between his Department and the resident managers of residential child care facilities; if such machinery represents or includes all such child care facilities; and, if not, the number of child care facilities unrepresented on such consultation machinery; and the proportion of the total number of child care places available represented by the institutions concerned.
Regular meetings take place between officers of my Department, the Department of Education and a sub-committee of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors representing the managers of the majority of residential child care homes. At these meetings issues arising in residential care and in the operation of residential homes are discussed.
A small numbers of homes, providing approximately 5 per cent of the total number of residential child care places available are not represented by the sub-committee referred to above.
The managers of these homes were invited some time ago to discuss with officers of my Department the main developments in child care and the question of their representation in future discussions concerning residential care. It is the intention of my Department to keep these homes fully involved in any developments in residential care and to involve them in regular meetings with the representatives of the majority of homes.
398.
asked the Minister for Health the facilities or arrangements for the aftercare of children who have been in public care in institutions funded by, or under the direct control of, his Department; the amount of money allocated for such purposes; and the individuals or agencies to which such moneys are paid.
The manager of each residential home, normally in consultation with the relevant health board, makes arrangements for the care of children when the time comes for them to leave the home. Health boards support homes which provide accommodation for young people aged 16 and over while completing their education or apprenticeship. Many homes continue to provide accommodation to young people until they find a job or an alternative place to live.
Health board social workers assist young people leaving residential homes in finding employment and accommodation. They also advise them on the services available to them and may also help them financially. A number of health boards support hostel facilities for the after-care of young people who have lived in residential care.
It is not possible to give separate revenue costs for after-care of children and young people as the costs are part of the on-going child care services. In 1979 a grant of £40,000 was made available to the South-Eastern Health Board to support the provision of after-care accommodation for boys and girls.