Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion

1:30 pm

Ms Mary Dunnion:

In our review and monitoring, we have seen, at a very high level, improvements in Oberstown in the governance structure, training, staff development and support. We identified two major non-compliances and they were in the context of health care and the single separation. They were major issues of non-compliance. We assess any provider on how well they respond to risk. We received a very positive response from Oberstown in the context of our findings. While we have not inspected yet, we will do so in the near future and will review, in the context of that review inspection, the action plans as identified through the committee and to ourselves formally from Oberstown.