Declan Bree
Ceist:146 Mr. Bree asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that groups of German young offenders are being fostered to families in the Sligo/Leitrim area; the number of offences that have been committed in Sligo and Leitrim by these German nationals in each of the years 1993 to 1996; the number of these young people that have been prosecuted or cautioned by the gardaí; if her Department or the gardaí are aware of the number of the young offenders who returned to Germany following acts of vandalism committed in the Sligo and Leitrim area; if her Department and the gardaí are liaising with the North-Western Health Board regarding the fostering of young German offenders in Sligo/Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14867/96]