Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 November 2014
33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beds purchased in 2014 in private mental health facilities for children and adolescents in Tusla; if these were child or adult mental health facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43983/14]
View answerThe Child and Family Agency does not have a national role in the delivery of mental health services for children and young people as this remains the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The Agency does currently fund a small number of secure placements outside of the State and a number of these are in a service that provides a residential mental health facility for children and adolescents. As of July this year, the Agency had used 12 secure care places and, of these, 9 places were in a child and adolescent facility that provides mental health services.
