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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Is the reason for the non-publication of this report that it may reflect poorly on Oberstown Children Detention Campus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: That is the question I want to ask. We were given 95 recommendations. I will be honest that I was really concerned about some of the recommendations when I read them. I refer to recommendation No. 82 about cavity searches. I need to know in what context this recommendation was put in. Since then, the board has given us information that this does not take place and so on in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: So it was not implemented. Professor Goldson and Professor Hardwick have indicated that they were not allowed back to debrief the staff and it is really important that the staff in Oberstown are supported and know what was going on. Were they given any reason?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the professor for her presentation. The handling of this issue has been a complete and utter mess. The two professors who authored the report appeared before the committee earlier today. They submitted a significant number of references regarding the procedures through which they went. The committee was originally given four different reasons that the report was not published,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: We have nailed it now. It is about fair procedures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: The report is not being published because the feedback did not take place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: What other fair procedures were affected? What else was there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: All present acknowledge that 2016 was a difficult year for Oberstown. There is no doubt about that. However, we need accountability. It is about accountability and transparency. Accountability requires the publication of the report in order that we can see why these recommendations are in place. Does Professor Kilkelly agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: We know that good things have taken place in Oberstown and that HIQA reports have noted improvements. However, the latest HIQA report indicates that much more must be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Nobody is disputing that. We need to see this report in order to ascertain how the recommendations came about. It is simple. It is not rocket science. I want to touch on another issue. Does Professor Kilkelly believe there was a breach of contract by the authors of the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I think it is relevant. My understanding is that they have been paid in full.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Why pay somebody for a report if Professor Kilkelly and the board are not happy with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: If a painter came into my house, painted my ceilings and did not do a good job, he is not going to be paid. These authors did a job which was acceptable; was right and with the recommendations. The board, however, is not publishing the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Is there a way around this? Is it final that the report is not going to be published? Will there be any further meetings? Is there any arbitration that can take place so that this report can be made public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Will Professor Kilkelly look at that?

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the Bill introduced by my party colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty. Unfortunately, in recent years it has become very clear that voluntary codes of practice for financial institutions and banks are not worth the paper they are written on. Permanent TSB has signed up to the Central Bank's code of practice for the transfer of mortgages which states that a mortgage on a home cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the potential impact of the introduction of the affordable childcare scheme on community services providing the community childcare subvention programme has been assessed; her plans to produce a report on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4183/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: No bother.

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the cross-party support and thank Senator Black for bringing this forward. This Bill aims to uphold international law. That is it. If I can, I will say the following. This Bill lays down a marker. The Irish people stand with the people of Palestine against the Israeli apartheid regime. The Irish people stand for the international rule of law. The Irish people, who have suffered...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (22 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints made to Tulsa in respect of social workers by county in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [2783/19]