Mr. Noel Waters:

They are in Wheatfield, segregated from the adult population. Ultimately, they have to go to Oberstown, the juvenile detention centre run by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. They would be there normally but for the fact an incident happened there late last August which put plans completely on hold, pending the repair of the facility there.

The Government is committed that no juvenile should serve a prison sentence in an adult facility. We are working with our colleagues in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to bring that forward as soon as possible. The legislation is in place. It is purely a matter of getting the facility in Oberstown back to operational capacity to ensure people who are sentenced can go there.