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:

A doctor on call is available to the campus.

The staff team would have brought children to different private medical facilities and public hospitals outside of hours when required. It has also tried to recruit a fourth nurse but has been unsuccessful in doing so. It has a social care worker who it is training in medication management. That is to ensure consistency and to be able to provide assistance around the-----