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[Oral Answers]...if he will provide an update on the Oberstown development, including from a construction, staffing and management perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 104 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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[Questions] I seek an update from the Minister regarding the Oberstown development and the timeframe by which we will see the transfer of youth detainees at St. Patrick's Institution to the new facilities at Oberstown.[Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín]

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[Questions] There is a commitment in the programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities, which under the Children Act 2001 means all young people up to the age of 18 years. I wish to assure the House that this will be at the top of my agenda, as it was...

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[Questions] This has been an issue of concern for all of us in the House going back some considerable period of time. I addressed it with the Minister's predecessor on a number of occasions and with the Ombudsman for Children when she attended a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children...

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[Questions] On the HR issues to which the Deputy referred, a recruitment process carried out in late 2013 has resulted in the appointment of a campus manager for the Oberstown campus. The manager reports to the board of management and is responsible for driving the reforms that are taking place at ...

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[Questions] At the outset, I welcome the speed of the Minister's intent with regard to a visit to the Oberstown works. I ask that he informs himself through inquiry as to the situation applying to the Irish Youth Justice Service, IYJS, and whether an injunction exists in that regard. Were the Mini...

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[Questions] I undertake to have a look at the report to which the Deputy referred and, if appropriate, to take matters further. As Members will be aware and I am sure will agree, the ultimate goal is the creation of a single cohesive national detention facility on the Oberstown campus through the i...

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[Oral Answers]...the extent to which adequate accommodation remains available for juvenile offenders with particular reference to ensure adequate facilities to education and rehabilitation and segregation from the more serious offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 105 t...

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[Questions] This question relates to the extent to which corrective training and rehabilitative facilities are available for juvenile offenders, with particular reference to ensuring the most modern facilities are made available and that segregation can take place to the extent of eliminating encour...

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[Questions] I thank the Deputy for his question. He will be aware there is a commitment in the programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children, which under the Children Act means all young people up to the age of 18 years, in adult facilities. This will be met later this year wh...

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[Questions] I congratulate the Minister on his first parliamentary questions session and I wish to acknowledge the good work of his predecessor in the same Department.
Arising from the Minister's reply, I ask the extent to which it will be possible to perfect the quality of services available to y...

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[Questions] I thank the Deputy for raising those very important points. I wish to assure him that the delivery of child detention services is very much focused on education and rehabilitation of those involved and those in detention. This is in order to minimise re-offending and to support the ear...

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[Questions] I thank the Minister. What is the basis for the initial assessment when a juvenile is referred to juvenile custody? For example, different reasons may be at the root of the problem in the first place. There may have been neglect or abuse, there may be behavioural problems or a combina...

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[Questions] The answer is in the affirmative. From a medical, education and training, psychological and psychiatric point of view, all of these factors are recorded on a child detainee's admission to the facility and a care plan will be conducted and monitored in that context.[Flanagan, Charles]

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[Oral Answers]...in line with the requirements of the judgement in the case of Health Service Executive v WR (Neutral Citation (2007) IEHC 459) that the HSE would, among other things, undertake to conduct a process of identifying need for special care and high support by December 2007 and that it wo...

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[Questions] Special care involves the detention of a child for his or her own welfare and protection in a special care unit with on-site educational and therapeutic supports.[Fitzgerald, Frances]

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[Questions] I thank the Minister of State for her reply and the information she provided. What is the current capacity of Ballydowd, Gleann Alainn and Coovagh special care units? How many children can they cater for and how many staff do they have? While it is welcome that there is no waiting lis...

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[Questions] I am satisfied with the HIQA standards inspection that takes place now. There are three designated special care units in the State which are operated by the HSE subject to a single national governance arrangement. As of this year, we have adopted a national governance approach to speci...

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[Questions] I will revert to the Deputy on the staffing issues he raised. I do not have the information with me. HIQA has raised the issue of staff support in its inspection reports. The HSE has done a lot of work to ensure that staff have the support and supervision they need. Gordon Jeyes has ...

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[Questions] Is there more the Minister of State has to do to ensure that there is a substantive legislative basis in this area in addition to the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011? Are the national special care admission and discharge criteria used by social workers to assess children known to the Mi...

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[Questions] I was pleased to be able to maintain the budget in the face of huge difficulties nationally. The budget for the new child and family support agency was slightly increased in fact. It was very important to have that stability.
There are approximately ten children receiving services ab...

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[Topical Issues] I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue, which is very topical given the publication yesterday in the public domain of the prison inspector's report and the facts that there is to be a referendum on children's rights, that we are to amend adoption legislation and that w...

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[Topical Issues] I wish to ask a question. What is the status of the investigation to which the Minister referred in his public comments in recent days? Is the Garda Síochána involved in that investigation?[Collins, Niall]

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[Topical Issues] Have the complaints mentioned by the inspector in his report been referred to the Garda? Does the current management-----[Collins, Niall]

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[Topical Issues] -----have the capacity to deal with the issues raised in the report?[Collins, Niall]

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[Topical Issues] I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to contribute. When I was elected to the House, I realised that positive announcements would be few and far between during our time in government. However, when the Minister announced last April that the practice of incar...

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[Topical Issues] I will commence by thanking Deputies Niall Collins and Ó Ríordáin for raising this important matter and for the opportunity to speak on the issues arising from the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention's report on St. Patrick's Institution, which I published yesterday.
I wo...

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[Topical Issues] I thank the Minister and agree with all of his comments. What is the exact timeline for closing St. Patrick's Institution? His reply did not include that information. I asked about the investigation under the stewardship of the director general, which the Minister also referred t...

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[Topical Issues] I thank the Minister for his response. I agree that this issue is down to a minority of staff but how can we expect any child to be rehabilitated when the behaviour outlined in this report is ongoing? The individuals who were victims of this malpractice will have no faith in the j...

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[Topical Issues] As far as I am concerned, this sort of behaviour is not and will not in future be ongoing. A new managerial team has been put in place in St. Patrick's Institution, and there is an important remit to ensure there is no repetition of any nature of any of the events depicted in this ...

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[Topical Issues] Judge Reilly indicated that as part of the disciplinary processes, young people aged 17 were being denied family visits. A stop was put to that practice on 1 May last, as soon as we learned that was a difficulty. No matter what disciplinary issues are evident, when children are in...

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[Oral Answers]...in view of the Annual Report of the Ombudsman for Children 2012, the current capacity, work and accommodation conditions at Trinity House, Oberstown Boys and Oberstown Girls Schools; the implementation of the new working roster and the implications of same for staff and for children...

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[Questions] I wish to update the House on the significant and ground-breaking programme of work being implemented by this Government in the area of child detention. I am sure the Deputy will acknowledge that we are the first Government to have ended the detention of 16 year olds in St. Patrick's In...

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[Questions] -----for the delivery of these services, which I want to see.[Fitzgerald, Frances]

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[Questions] I very much welcome the news of the impending closure of St Patrick's Institution. I heard an interview earlier today with the Ombudsman for Children. Will the Minister advise us whether an interim situation exists for the transfer from St. Patrick's Institution to Wheatfield Prison? ...

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[Questions] Mr. Justice Ryan's remarks are hugely important and we must take them very seriously. In the context of Victor McElfatrick's report what steps will the Minister take and how quickly will we see the full complement of beds in use at Oberstown and for how long does she expect the Wheatfie...

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[Questions] The Minister for Justice and Equality has announced the closure of St. Patrick's Institution. Discussions will be held and it is intended to move to Wheatfield Prison. As far as 17 year olds on remand are concerned, interim arrangements will have to be made. Clearly some 17 year olds ...

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[Questions] A roster working across the three services was agreed and began in February 2013. I commend the staff on this. There are ongoing industrial relations issues with regard to releasing the extra beds which are being dealt with and they will have to be resolved. I want these issues to be ...

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[Questions] -----so we can meet our obligations to these young people and to the courts.
There is quite a lot of movement of young people in and out of the service and beds become available on a regular basis but the number of referrals from the courts has increased. The average number of 16 year...

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[Questions] It is important we analyse why more 16 year olds are being referred and what are the underlying factors. We must consider supervision orders and Garda diversion programmes. What is happening is that a greater number of 16 year olds are being referred to the service.[Fitzgerald, Frances...

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[Questions] It is critical that we make these beds available as soon as possible[Fitzgerald, Frances]

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[Questions] Every effort is being made to ensure this happens.[Fitzgerald, Frances]

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[Questions] I thank the Minister for her reply. Has Mr. McElfatrick reported yet? Has the Minister seen the report? Will it be published? My inquiries suggest the reason the beds were not available to be used was not because an insufficient number of staff is allocated but that there are real is...

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[Questions] Where the situation is already stretched, underresourced or underprovided for these matters will continue to arise. It needs to be addressed holistically in the round so we get to a situation where the mistakes of the past are not repeated.[Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín]

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[Questions] I call the Minister for a final reply. She has one minute.[An Leas-Cheann Comhairle]

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[Questions] The report was received by the board in May and it is acting on it and working with the staff to ensure the issues highlighted are dealt with. I have also obtained agreement on extra funding for staffing when the new facility comes on board. I will also put in place regulations to ensu...

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[Oral Answers]...the position regarding the transition from St. Patrick's Institution to the Oberstown Campus including management and governance structures, staffing, training and rostering arrangements at Oberstown; if her attention has been drawn to the need to provide a specialist unit for highl...

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[Questions] In line with the programme for Government commitment, I am working with Government colleagues to end the detention of children in St. Patrick’s Institution. To achieve this objective, my Department has provided €50 million for the development of national child detention facilities at Ob...

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[Questions] It is good news that we are at the stage at which work is ready to get under way at the Oberstown site. I welcome the Minister’s indication that she intends to introduce legislation to merge the three existing child detention schools into a single legal entity. At what stage is the pre...

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[Questions] The key point about detention is that it should be a measure of last resort. We are building a new facility because we do not want 16 and 17 year olds in St. Patrick's Institution but in an appropriate care centre.[Fitzgerald, Frances]

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[Questions] The Minister rightly refers to Oberstown as a secure campus, but there have been incidents when the word "secure" would hardly apply. Individual detainees have been able to virtually close down a whole section of the existing structure with the threat of violence against the care staff ...

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[Questions] As the Deputy is aware, residential care in detention centres is very demanding work. We have appropriate practices in place to deal with those violent incidents, as Deputy has described them. They take place in every detention centre. We want to reduce these to a minimum, ensure staf...

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25/10/2012

[Written Answers]...in the wake of the recent Inspector of Prisons Report on St. Patrick's Institution, if she will act to ensure that the May 2014 deadline for the removal of all children from that institution is brought forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 17 to Minis...

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25/10/2012

[Written Answers]...if she will outline the timeline for ending the detention of children at St Patrick's Institution, Dublin. [Q. No(s) 39 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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25/10/2012

[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 39 together.
Last week, I described the findings of the recent report by the Inspector of Prisons as shocking and unacceptable. I have discussed the content of the report in detail with Mr Shatter, Minister for Justice and Equality and Gov...

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[Written Answers]...the current arrangements for children whose detention has been ordered by the courts because they have committed a criminal offence; if she is satisfied that there is an adequate number of places available for children in child detention centres here; and if she will confirm that...

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[Written Answers] There are currently 3 children detention schools in the State: Trinity House, Oberstown Boys and Oberstown Girls schools. All are located on the same campus at Oberstown, near Lusk, Co. Dublin. These schools currently accommodate girls under 18 years of age on admission and boys un...

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[Written Answers]...if she will provide an update on the transition from St. Patrick's Institution to the Oberstown campus including management and governance structures, staffing, training and rostering arrangements at Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 37 to Minis...

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[Written Answers] A main contractor and a number of sub-contractors have now been appointed to the Oberstown development project and construction of the new facilities started on site on 23 September 2013. On 14 October 2013 I officially launched the construction project with the event taking place...

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11/12/2012

[Written Answers]...the number of prisoners under 18 years of age who remain in St. Patrick’s Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 81 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

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11/12/2012

[Written Answers] I can advise the Deputy that on 7th December, 2012 there were 30 seventeen year old prisoners in custody in St Patrick's Institution, 11 of which were held on remand.
As you will be aware the Government committed, in the Programme for Government, to remove 16 and 17 year old offe...

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24/10/2012

[Written Answers]...the number of children under 18 years who were residing within St. Patrick’s Institution, Dublin on 20 September, 2012. [Q. No(s) 20 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

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26/09/2012

[Written Answers]...the progress made to date in expanding the facilities at Oberstown Children Detention Centre, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 21 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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24/10/2012

[Written Answers] I can advise the Deputy that on 20th September 2012 there were 20 seventeen year old prisoners in custody in St Patrick's Institution, 7 of which were held on remand. As you will be aware the Government committed, in the Programme for Government to remove 16 and 17 year old offend...

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26/09/2012

[Written Answers] As the Deputy may be aware I announced on 2 April 2012, following agreement with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, an investment package of approximately €50 million in capital funding for the project to expand the detention places and facilities on the Oberstown camp...

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19/11/2014

[Written Answers]...the extent to which facilities of a corrective and rehabilitative nature continue to be made available to those involved in juvenile crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 111 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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19/11/2014

[Written Answers] I assume the Deputy is referring to facilities within the children detention school system operating on the Oberstown campus at Lusk, Co. Dublin.
As prescribed under Section 158 of the Children Act 2001, as amended, the principal object of the children detention schools is to p...

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[Written Answers]...the reasons for the delay in opening the National Children Detention Facility in Oberstown; if her attention has been drawn to recent comments by the Ombudsman for Children regarding resources and staff at Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 48 to...

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[Written Answers] The Oberstown capital project is required in order to give effect to the Programme for Government commitment to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities. I have outlined my commitment to this project on many different occasions and it remains at the top of...

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[Written Answers]...if she and or her Department has identified any particular deficiencies in the availability of institutional or custodial care for juveniles or minor offenders; if any particular evaluation has been carried out to the requirement in this regard with particular reference to the ne...

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[Written Answers] I assume that the Deputy is referring to custodial accommodation for persons under the age of 18 years, which corresponds to the definition of a child under the Children Act, 2001. At this time, custodial accommodation for those under 18 years is provided on the Oberstown campus, ...

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12/12/2012

[Written Answers]...the reason the capacity of Coovagh House Special Care Unit County Limerick has been capped at two; the exact timeline for when additional special care places will become available in accordance with the Health Service Executive National High Support and Special Care Implementatio...

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12/12/2012

[Written Answers] The HSE has advised me that the current capacity of Coovagh House is three young people. The Unit had been closed for refurbishment, but is now reopened with a new management. It is envisaged that the Unit will increase its capacity to four in 2013, following the assignment of ad...

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30/09/2014

[Written Answers]...if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the progress achieved to date in refurbishing and extending Oberstown House; and the remand arrangements that will be put in place at the newly refurbished detention centre. [Q. No(s) 318 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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30/09/2014

[Written Answers] There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities, which under the Children Act 2001 means all young people up to the age of 18 years. This will be met in full later this year when the extension of the Oberst...

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18/11/2014

[Written Answers]...the planned opening date of the Oberstown/Trinity House complex for under 18 year olds. [Q. No(s) 337 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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18/11/2014

[Written Answers] The commitment in the Programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities will be met when the extension of the Oberstown campus results in the transfer of responsibility for 17 year old boys from the Irish Prison Service to the children de...

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29/11/2012

[Written Answers]...when the Health Service Executive report surrounding the absconding from Gleann Alainn Special Care Unit in October 2011 will be published. [Q. No(s) 229 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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29/11/2012

[Written Answers] The HSE have advised that this report is currently subject to detailed internal considerations with relevant staff to ensure learning is maximised and further action is taken as appropriate. The report and full details of associated action will be made available in early Spring 20...

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16/05/2013

[Written Answers]...her views on recent media reports that there is a lack of space in children's detention centres, particularly that a unit in one of the centres cannot be used due to staffing issues; if she will ensure that all spaces in such centres are made available or that alternative residen...

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16/05/2013

[Written Answers] The current lack of bed spaces in the Children Detention Schools, at Oberstown. Co. Dublin has been caused by a recent increase in the number of young people being referred by the Courts, compared to the trend over the past few years. This has put severe pressure on the number of b...

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05/03/2013

[Written Answers]...if she will update the current status of the new National Children's detention facility at Oberstown, County Dublin; and if she will confirm when it will cease detaining 16 and 17 year olds in totality. [Q. No(s) 450 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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[Written Answers]...the state of development at Oberstown; the drug treatment facilities that will be available; the resources that will be available for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 387 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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05/03/2013

[Written Answers] As the Deputy may be aware I announced in April 2012, following agreement with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, an investment package for the project to expand the detention places and facilities on the Oberstown campus, known as the national children's detention fac...

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[Written Answers] Following extensive work involving my Department and the Office of Public Works since I secured funding for this project in early 2012, the design process is now complete, planning permission has been secured and the tendering process has resulted in BAM Building Ltd. being appoint...

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08/04/2014

[Written Answers]...if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of children detained in Oberstown boys' and girls' schools and Trinity House, Lusk, County Dublin on a monthly basis in 2013 and to date in 2014 including the gender and the ages of the children detained. [Q. No(s) 527...

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08/04/2014

[Written Answers] The three Children Detention Schools at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin are Trinity House Boys School, Oberstown Boys School and Oberstown Girls School. Under current arrangements, the children detention schools are authorised for detaining males up to the age of 17 years and femal...

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26/11/2013

[Written Answers]...the number and location of all child detention places; the average monthly occupancy rates in each case; the number of occasion over the past two years when no place was available for a minor referred by the Courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 574 to...

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26/11/2013

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23/10/2012

[Written Answers]...the position as of this month on the number of high support and or special care secure accommodation unit residential places in total here; if she will confirm the location of the facilities; if she will further confirm the up-to-date position as of this month regarding the numbe...

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23/10/2012

[Written Answers] There are three designated special care units in the country where children are detained on order of the high court for their own safety. There is a unit in Ballydowd in Dublin, which has a capacity of 10 beds, another in Gleann Álainn in Cork with a capacity of 4 beds and Coovag...

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[Written Answers]...if the construction of additional accommodation at the children detention school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin is on target; if the project is still on schedule to be completed by mid 2014; and if she will provide a timeline for the Children (Amendment) Bill and ...

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[Written Answers] I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 20006/13 of 30 April 2013 in relation to the progress of the proposed National Children Detention Facility (NCDF) project in Oberstown, Lusk, Co Dublin. The position is unchanged.
In relation to the proposed amendme...

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[Written Answers]...further to Parliamentary Question No. 866 of 11 June 2013, if the one remaining male who absconded from the Oberstown Boys School in Lusk, County Dublin, has been brought back into custody; the steps her Department or agencies under the aegis of her Department are taking regardin...

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[Written Answers] Further to my replies to Parliamentary Question Numbers 27791/13 and 28345/13, I can confirm that all three boys involved in this incident have now been apprehended and returned to Oberstown Boys School. I would like to record my appreciation for the work of an Garda Síochána in b...

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12/06/2013

[Written Answers]...if she is satisfied with the level of security measures in place at the children detention schools in view of recent reports that a number of children have absconded from the Oberstown complex. [Q. No(s) 199 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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12/06/2013

[Written Answers] I can confirm that three boys currently serving a sentence of detention in Oberstown Boys School, Lusk, Co Dublin absconded from custody on the night of Monday, 3 June 2013.
I am advised that in line with standard operational protocols, detailed descriptions and photographs of t...

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28/05/2013

[Written Answers]...in view of the recent controversy in relation to a shortage of beds and staff, if she will outline the maximum number of beds available at Oberstown Girls Unit, the Boys Unit and Trinity Boys; the number of staff assigned to each unit; the current staff availability due to sick l...

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28/05/2013

[Written Answers] There are currently three children detention schools (CDS) in the State: Trinity House School, Oberstown Boys School and Oberstown Girls School, all of which are located on the same campus at Oberstown, near Lusk, Co. Dublin.
1. Maximum number of beds available in Oberstown
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[Written Answers]...further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 15 January 2014, if progress has been made since the reply was issued in the area of initiating research and the compilation of statistics on the number of children who are or have been in the care of the State who have entered the cri...

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[Written Answers] The Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS), which is based in my Department, continues to work to progress its goal to strengthen and develop its evidence base in order to support more effective policies and services for children in conflict with the law, which is one of the goals of t...

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[Written Answers]...the total number of custodial/supportive places available for juvenile offenders; the extent to which rehabilitative support services are available for such offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 656 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

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