Written answer
Child Detention Centres
The Minister said youth detention is a last resort, while Oberstown recorded court calls seeking unavailable beds; subsequent outcomes were not recorded.
1022. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occasions in each of the past ten years on which a court sought a detention place in Oberstown but no place was available due to capacity constraints; and the outcome in each of those cases. [64636/26]
Comment on this
Youth Detention in Ireland is used only as a matter of last resort.
The following numbers show telephone calls recorded by Oberstown Admissions Office from the Court Service where there was no bed available on the day.
Oberstown and this Department would have no further knowledge or record of outcomes in these instances.