During 1992, three boys absconded from Trinity House School. In the same period a total of 28 boys absconded while on authorised outings from the school or failed to return to the school from authorised home leave.
The comparative figures for 1991 are that six boys absconded from within the school itself while 15 boys absconded from authorised outings or failed to return.
The position regarding Oberstown boys centre is as follows: in the 12 months June 1992 to May 1993, the number of absconds from the centre was 26, while there were 21 from authorised outings or failure to return. This centre opened in September 1991 and in the period September 1991 to May 1992 there were 13 abscondings from the centre itself and three from authorised outings.