Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2015
150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1272 of 22 September 2015, if she will confirm that her Department did not pay for teachers at Linden House, as her Department's website in the publications and statistics section in the statistical report for the year 1966 to 1967 shows that three teachers, and an average of 46 children, enrolled. [33569/15]
View answerMy Department's computerised records which date back to 1972 showed no record of Linden Convalescent Home. An extensive trawl through manual records showed that Linden Convalescent Home was open from 12th March 1945 to 8th September 1969 and that it was established to cater for children suffering from rheumatic heart ailments. At the time of closure, there were 3 teachers in the school. I can confirm that they were paid by the Department.
