asked the Minister for Education if he will state the number of children, other than those who have been committed for juvenile delinquency, at present in industrial schools; how many such children are boarded out; what is the cost, to the local authority, of children in such schools; and what is the cost to local authorities of boarded-out children.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Children in Industrial Schools.
On the 30th September last (the latest date to which figures are available) the total number of children under detention in industrial schools was 6,446, of whom 6,176 were committed for reasons other than juvenile delinquency; only one of these children is boarded out; the cost to the local authorities of children in industrial schools for whose maintenance they are responsible was a contribution at the rate of 7/6 weekly per head up to the 30th September last; a revised rate of 8/- weekly is payable as from the 1st of the present month; the cost to the responsible local authority of the one child boarded out is a contribution of 7/6 weekly, payable to the manager of the school from which the child was boarded out.