Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Without trying to avoid the question, the facilities themselves fall to the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, in his remit as Minister with responsibility for youth. While some of the responsibilities have come back into my remit or into the Department of Justice, there are specific programmes separate to any facilities that might exist. There is over €2 million in funding connected with three different programmes, one of which is the dormant accounts fund, and that funding is specifically going to various different youth support and diversion programmes. The Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, who has specific responsibility in the Department for youth justice, will be publishing a youth justice strategy by the end of this year. A lot of work has been done in the Department, prior to the time of the Minister of State or myself, in terms of engaging with other Departments to ensure there is a collaborative approach in the overall strategy. The Minister of State will also be establishing and chairing a committee on antisocial behaviour, which, again, will try to tackle issues before they ever get to a stage where somebody is potentially going to a detention facility or other facility.

I am not aware if there is any kind of review, work or progress in train through the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, but that is something I can ask him to come back to Deputy Kenny on.