Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual running cost of Crannóg Nua in Portrane in County Dublin; and the reason no residents are living there, and yet staff continue to be employed there. [13468/15]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Crannog Nua, in Co. Dublin, has been designated as a secure special care unit from June 2014, and is in the process of being upgraded to provide secure and expanded residential facilities. Up to this time in 2014, it was operational as a high support unit. Staff from the residential component of this unit have been temporarily reassigned to other locations while the capital project is underway. The education component at this location is not provided by the Child and Family Agency. I have been informed that this is continuing to function, providing education facilities for other children in care while the residential component is undergoing refurbishment.

The capital project at this location is at an advanced stage with construction expected to begin later this year, with completion in 2016. The Agency has informed me that the running costs for 2014 attributed to Crannog Nua were €3.061 million.