Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will investigate if there have been any requests for additional support and revert to the Deputy. I will also come back to the Deputy on whether research has been conducted on the paths taken by young people when they move on from Oberstown.

I have met young people at St. Patrick's and Wheatfield who should have been in Oberstown but we were not able to facilitate them. There are significant issues in that they have not been able to move out of the prison context. There is a brilliant educational facility at Oberstown, which is important in dealing with this issue.

The bail supervision scheme is working well. We want to extend it to offer more opportunities outside rather than inside the prison context.

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