asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the facilities provided in each community care area for financial, accommodation, vocational, and social needs of young people who have grown up in public care and who must leave such care between the ages of 16 and 18.
Written Answers. - Community Care Area Facilities.
482.
Provision exists enabling statutory authorities to continue to provide for the maintenance of children beyond the age of 16 years for the purpose of completing their education or training. In the small number of cases where children choose to leave care before 18, every reasonable effort is made by the caring agency to ensure adequate provision for their maintenance and accommodation and to retain contact with them. These children are usually referred to vocational agencies such as Manpower, AnCO and CERT and would be eligible where necessary for supplementary welfare assistance from the local health board.
483.
asked the Minister for Health the number of mothers and baby home places provided in each community care area, for (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers and their offsprings; the agency responsible; and the amount of public money provided.
The information requested is set out in the following table:
|
Community Care Area in which home is located |
Agency responsible |
Number of places for pregnant women |
Number of places for mothers and babies |
Amount of public money provided in 1983 |
|
£ |
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|
Area No. 6 Eastern Health Board |
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul |
100 |
60 |
914,000 |
|
Area No. 2 Eastern Health Board |
Board of Guardians Denny House |
10 |
10 |
30,000 |
|
Meath Area, North-Eastern Health Board |
Good Shepherd Sisters |
29 |
10 |
102,200 |
|
Cork Area, Southern Health Board |
Sisters of the Sacred Heart |
66 |
30 |
383,266 |
Referrals to these homes are made through the social work services of the eight health boards, adoption societies and other voluntary agencies.
484.
asked the Minister for Health the number of refuge places for battered wives provided in each community care area; the agency responsible; and the public money provided.
The information requested by the Deputy in relation to refuges for battered wives is as follows:
Refuges for Battered Wives
|
Health Boards |
Location |
Agency responsible |
Number of family units/places |
Health Board grant (1983) |
|
Eastern |
Bru Caoimhin, Dublin |
Eastern Health Board |
30 places |
£50,000 |
|
Regina Coeli Hostel, Dublin |
Legion of Mary |
9 places (3 family units |
No public money |
|
|
Ranelagh, Dublin |
Family Aid |
12 places (3 or 4 family units) |
£50,000 to Family Aid in total |
|
|
Howth Rd., Dublin |
Family Aid |
46 places (7 family units) |
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|
Bray |
Bray Womens Group |
6 places (2 family units) |
£300 |
|
|
Midland |
Athlone |
Athlone Community Services Council |
4 family units |
Due to be commissioned shortly |
|
Mid-Western |
Limerick |
Adapt |
8 family units |
£12,000 |
|
North-Western* |
Sligo |
Sligo Social Services Council |
3 family units |
£262 |
|
Southern |
Cork |
Cuanlee |
10 family units |
£20,000 |
|
South-Eastern |
Waterford |
Good Sheperd Sisters |
2 family units |
£2,800 |
|
Western |
Galway |
Galway Social Service Council |
8 family units |
£35,000 |
*The North-Western Health Board have an arrangement with Derry Women's Aid who provide a service for battered wives from County Donegal.