Children in Care

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 November 2013

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Ceisteanna (180)

Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

180. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 30 May 2013, in respect of children placed in special care units outside the jurisdiction, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49817/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

The HSE has advised that since January 2013, children have been detained under a special care order outside the State in St. Andrews, Northampton; Oakview Hospital, Kent; St Mary's Scotland and Boystown, Nebraska.