Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate
Ms Koulla Yiasouma:
I asked the same question. I live on the other side of Belfast in the North and my preference is public transport. I googled how to get public transport to Oberstown and I saw I would have to mission it. The reason is historical, but its location also means it has space. There is a football pitch and a garden, which we hope will be developed. I asked how families could reach it. Apparently, if they can get to the airport, to which there is good transport from the city centre and various surrounding towns, they can be picked up from there. That is probably easier than the train station, which I believe is in Balbriggan.