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 Eva Boyle:

Nine days is one case that we highlighted in our report. We have seen instances where a child who had been in for nine days and released experienced another period of single separation. We have seen instances where a child had nine days and then another few days of single separation.