asked the Minister for Health if he will state, in relation to the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, (a) the average number of patients in the last three years; (b) the average number of staff in each of the last three years; (c) the number of escapes from custody there in each of the last three years; (d) the number of escapers, if any, who have not been recaptured in each of the last three years; and (e) the highest number of patients the institution has contained at any time in the last three years, and the date concerned.
Written Answers . - Central Mental Hospital .
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: The following is the information requested by the Deputy:
Central Mental Hospital Dundrum
|
Year |
1 June 1975 to 31 May 1976 |
1 June 1976 to 31 May 1977 |
1 June 1977 to 31 May 1978 |
|
(a) Average number of patients |
105 |
101 |
106 |
|
(b) Average number of nursing and attendant staff |
92 |
92 |
97 |
|
(c) Numbers of patients who escaped from custody |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
(d) Numbers of escapers who have not been recaptured |
Nil |
Nil |
1 |
|
(e) The highest number of patients the hospital has contained during the last three years was during the period 30 December 1977 to 4 January 1978. |
One of the patients who escaped during 1975-76 escaped while under treatment in a general hospital. One of the patients who escaped during 1977-78 escaped while on accompanied parole.