Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate
Ms Koulla Yiasouma:
Yes. We need to consider that. Transitioning or preparing to leave is one of the core tenets of Oberstown's model of care. It is the "P" in CEHOP – care, education, health, offending behaviour and preparation for leaving. It all comes to nothing if the young people are not supported to return to their communities. A great deal of work in education, the offending behaviour programme and physical and mental health is done in preparing them to leave. How well that works is one of the main questions for me. We need to be able to produce more information on it.
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