Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the fact the Minister of State is very firm on the code of practice and how it applies across all Government agencies. I am aware of a case where a young child was restrained face down 600 times in one year, approximately 13 or 14 times a day and because of the difficulties in terms of resources in that facility, the child was expelled because the parent would not consent to a face down restraint. Therefore, I warmly welcome the progress in this respect and am delighted to hear, despite previous parliamentary replies, that there is a code of practice in this area.