Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Lorna Kavanagh:
It is for separated children seeking international protection, SCSIP. It has its own provision because the children's needs are slightly different so it is a specialism, as such. Of the 570 young people we have, the vast majority are in registered children's centres. There is a small number in SEAs and we are really working hard to try to get those numbers down. There is a small number within family placements, such as the little ones aged seven to 14. We would normally place them in foster families and supported lodgings providers who are recruited and trained as providers for separated children.
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