Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 13 Mar 1990

Vol. 396 No. 9

Written Answers. - Trinity House (Lusk) School.

Ivan Yates

Ceist:

184 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the following details in relation to Trinity House Special School at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin; the number of staff by category, such as care staff and teaching staff, currently employed by the school; the corresponding figures since its establishment in 1983; the number of staff by similar category who have departed from Trinity House since its foundation for each calendar year since 1983; the training and qualifications of the care staff currently employed; the average length of stay of each staff by category since 1983; and the number of staff who have been assaulted by children in the school each calendar year since 1983.

Ivan Yates

Ceist:

185 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the following details in relation to Trinity House Special School at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin: the number of children currently placed in Trinity House; the number of children and the ages of such children who have been placed in the school since its foundation; the ages of the children currently placed in the school; the reason for the placement of children in the school; the type of offences they have committed; the average length of stay for each child in the school; the number of children transferred to St. Patrick's Institution and Mountjoy Prison while resident in the school; the number of children who, since their release from the school, have subsequently re-offended and have been placed in custody in St. Patrick's Institution and Mountjoy Prison; the number of occasions on which children have absconded from the school each year; and the number of children who absconded each year.

Ivan Yates

Ceist:

186 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the following details in relation to Trinity House Special School at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin: the cost per child per year and for each year since 1983; the present membership of the board of management; and if the board of management or the school management make publicly available reports on the school.

Minister for Education (Mrs. O'Rourke)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 184, 185 and 186 together.

As regards the information requested entails data at considerable length, I propose to have it supplied to the Deputy within the next few days.