Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 9 September 2024
1310. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of inmates in the juvenile detention centre who have reported being physically or sexually assaulted, while in juvenile detention, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [33804/24]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
|
Year |
No. of Physical Assaults Reported |
Outcome |
Comments |
|
2014 |
5 |
3 - unfounded 2 - unconfirmed |
5 - physical interventions/restraint by staff |
|
2015 |
12 |
2 - unfounded 2 - unconfirmed 8 - upheld |
11- physical interventions/restraint by staff 1 - peer on peer (Of these 1 reported to TUSLA) |
|
2016 |
10 |
3 - unfounded 3 - unconfirmed 4 - upheld |
9- physical interventions/restraint by staff 1 - peer on peer (Of these 2 reported to TUSLA) |
|
2017 |
7 |
4 - unfounded 3 - upheld |
7 - physical interventions/restraint by staff (Of these 2 reported to TUSLA) |
|
2018 |
9 |
5 - unfounded 2 - upheld 2 -unconfirmed |
9 - physical interventions/restraint by staff The two that were upheld were minor and did not meet the threshold for external reporting. |
|
2019 |
7 |
4 - unfounded 3 - upheld |
7 - physical interventions/restraint by staff |
|
2020 |
4 |
2 - upheld 2 - unconfirmed |
4 - physical interventions/restraint by staff (All were reported to TUSLA) |
|
2021 |
11 |
8 - unconfirmed 3 - upheld |
11 - physical interventions/restraint by staff (All were reported to TUSLA) |
|
2022 |
7 |
5 - unconfirmed 2 - upheld |
5 - physical interventions/restraint by staff 2 - peer on peer (All were reported to TUSLA) |
|
2023 |
11 |
3 - unconfirmed 7 - upheld 1 - withdrawn |
5 - physical interventions/restraint by staff 6 - peer on peer (Of these 10 were reported to TUSLA) |
|
2024 |
8 |
2 - unconfirmed 5 - upheld 1- withdraw |
2 - physical interventions/restraint by staff 6 - peer on peer (Of these 5 were reported to TUSLA) |
|
Year |
No. of Sexual Assaults Reported |
Outcome |
Comments |
|
2014 |
0 |
|
|
|
2015 |
2 |
2 - unfounded |
|
|
2016 |
0 |
|
|
|
2017 |
0 |
|
|
|
2018 |
2 |
1 - unfounded 1 - probably unfounded |
|
|
2019 |
0 |
|
|
|
2020 |
2 |
1 - unfounded 1 - upheld |
1 allegation while at Oberstown 1 allegation when left Oberstown - both by same young person, allegation between peers (Of these 1 was reported to TUSLA) |
|
2021 |
3 |
3 - withdrawn |
CCTV showed they were unfounded |
|
2022 |
0 |
|
|
|
2023 |
0 |
|
|
|
2024 |
3 |
1 - upheld 2 - unfounded |
1 - incident between peers |
