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- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: 618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to levels 4 to 7 of the access and inclusion model to date in 2017. [50657/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Chair and thank both witnesses for attending today. A report was completed in 2015 and another report has just been completed. What powers of enforcement does HIQA have, if any, in instances where service providers do not address findings of non-compliance? I am asking this in the context of the failure on the part of Oberstown to demonstrate that single separation was being...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: I am going to dig a little bit deeper in behind that question. HIQA is a monitoring group, which gives advice and produces a report. That is my understanding of it. HIQA was in Oberstown. Was either witness part of the inspection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Ms Boyle was part of the inspection. When she was there, did she have any concerns for the safety of the staff or the workers while she was preparing the report? Was there anything flagged to Ms Boyle that was of concern in terms of red-line issues and specifically, single separation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Which was an announced inspection-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Did Ms Boyle feel that there was a calmness there this time in comparison with the previous time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Thank you Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Has HIQA ever visited Oberstown unannounced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: During this unannounced visit, did HIQA find much improvement on its previous visit in 2014?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: I note fire safety was also an issue in the most recent report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: While it is not a major issue, it is one of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: This is the third time I have addressed representatives of HIQA or Oberstown on this issue, yet the fire doors remain an issue of significant concern.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: In terms of major non-compliance, the inspection report states that "the provider is failing to meet the National Standards in the following...". When was the last time HIQA reviewed its national standards for inspections on Oberstown or juvenile centres?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: The witnesses have said that they mirrored children, spoke to or met children. What was the longest time that any child HIQA engaged with, from a review of the files, was held in single separation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Can Ms Boyle explain single separation in Oberstown to everybody who is watching proceedings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Let us discuss the child who spent nine days in single separation. During that time did he or she attend school?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Did he or she eat with his or her friends or with other people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Did the child who spent nine days in single separation get outside for fresh air?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: Can Ms Boyle confirm that the child was left in a locked room, ate separately, slept separately and did not get outside for fresh air until the eighth day?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Anne Rabbitte: What about the child's human rights? HIQA monitors and carries out inspections. What is a red line issue for HIQA? Did HIQA escalate the matter from that exact point? I assume that the case came to light when HIQA officials were on site and it was a red line issue that had to be reported straight away. How did HIQA escalate matters?