Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children currently detained in Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre, Oberstown Boys School, Oberstown Girls and Trinity House School, Dublin; if he will provide a breakdown of the ages of the children detained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14985/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy may wish to note that the Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre closed on 31 March, 2010. The table below sets out the number and ages of children detained on Friday 16 April, 2010 in the remaining schools; Oberstown Boys (OBS), Oberstown Girls (OGS,) and Trinity House (THS). There are no 12 or 13 year olds currently in detention.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children under 18 years currently detained in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that on 16 April, 2010 there were 207 persons in custody in St. Patrick's Institution which has a bed capacity of 217. Of the 207 persons in custody, 51 persons were aged under 18 years of age.

St. Patrick's Institution is a closed, medium security place of detention for males aged 16 to 21 years of age and accommodates both remand and sentenced prisoners. It contains a special unit for 16 and 17 year olds. In the longer term the Irish Youth Justice Service, an executive office within my Department responsible for an integrated response to youth offending, will take responsibility for the detention facilities for all boys under 18 years of age.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children over the age of 12 years who have been charged with a criminal offence since the introduction of Section 129 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; if he will provide a breakdown of the types of offences with which they have been charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose.

I will make arrangements, as soon as possible, to forward the Deputy's request to the CSO for direct reply.