Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 December 2018
236. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 4 December 2018, the basis of her assertion that all members of the board of Tusla had an opportunity to read the operational review of the centre before the decision was taken in 2017 to not publish the report; and if she is satisfied that all members of the board did in fact read the report before that decision was taken. [52402/18]
View answerParliamentary Question No. 613 of 4 December 2018 asked "if all members of the Board of Oberstown Detention Centre had been given an opportunity to read the operational review of the centre before the decision was taken in 2017 to not publish the report." I responded that the Board of Oberstown had the opportunity to read the report in question.
A previous question, number 536 of the 26th of November 2018, asked whether "all members of the board of Tusla had been given an opportunity to read the operational review of Oberstown before the decision was taken in 2017 to not publish the report." My response to this question was: "The report of operational review of the Oberstown Children Detention Campus was not shared with the Board of Tusla - the Child and Family Agency. Tusla has no operational responsibility in relation to Oberstown."
Therefore, the I did not assert that all members of the board of Tusla had an opportunity to read the report of an Operational Review of Oberstown Children Detention Campus. I am satisfied that the Board of Tusla has not read the report and that the Board of Oberstown has had the opportunity to read the report, in advance of their decision not to publish that report.
