Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

General Scheme of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)

That would be incremental; it would start at 23 and would move up to 25. That would make sense.

In his written submission, the Ombudsman for Children recommended that separate detention facilities apply to young people up to the age of 24. Can I get the witnesses' opinion on that? Has this been done in other jurisdictions and does it work?

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