Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)

This is incredibly interesting and informative and I thank all of the witnesses. What I am taking from the responses is that we have created conditions in which young people and children in care and detention are more likely to be in that scenario if they are from a socially deprived background, if they experience neurodiversity, if they have a substance misuse issue themselves, if they come from a State care facility, if they are from a Traveller background or if they are deprived. It seems incredible to us. Is there any scenario in which youth detention does work? For me it is quite clear that the evidence suggests it does not work. Is there any scenario in which evidence points to this actually working?