Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of assaults on staff recorded at Oberstown Children Detention Campus in 2018; and the number of those assaults classified as serious assaults. [5837/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Oberstown Children Detention Campus has advised me that in 2018, there were 25 incidents related to assaults on staff. 18 of the 25 incidents resulted in no days lost from work and 7 of the 25 incidents resulted in lost days from work. While serious assault is not defined by Oberstown, I am advised that the 7 incidents resulting in lost days from work could be considered as serious assaults.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times staff members at Oberstown Children Detention Campus were threatened with weapons in each month of 2018. [5838/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Oberstown Children Detention Campus has advised me that in 2018, there were 103 incidents of injuries to staff. Staff members were threatened with a weapon in 6 of these incident as outlined in the following table:

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff at Oberstown Children Detention Campus on sick leave at the end 2018. [5839/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Oberstown Children Detention Campus has advised me that at 31 December 2018, there were 24 staff members on sick leave, 2 of whom were on sick leave related to an injury.