Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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321. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625 of 1 July 2014, if he will confirm if it his Department’s policy to completely phase out the use of high support in favour of converting existing high support units to special care units. [31852/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward this to the Deputy when it becomes available.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625 of 1 July 2014, the reason a reference is made to children placed in special care outside of this jurisdiction being placed in secure psychiatric facilities when one of the criteria under which a decision is made to place a child in special care is that they do not have a mental illness. [31853/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Special Care involves the detention of a child on order of the High Court. The child is not detained as a result of criminal offences but for his or her own welfare and protection in one of three special care units in Ireland. The Deputy is correct when he says that the one of the criteria for placement in special care is that children do not have a psychiatric disorder. However, sometimes children (whether in special care or otherwise) have needs that cannot be met within this jurisdiction. For example, a small minority of children require treatment in a secure child and adolescent mental health facility but such centres are not available in this country. When a child/young person is assessed as having therapeutic needs that cannot be met in this jurisdiction, then under Council Regulations (EC) No. 2201/2003 otherwise known as the Brussels Bis 11 Regulations and the SE Judgement (26/4/2012, EU Court of Justice), the child/young person can be transferred to a facility that is deemed most appropriate to their individual needs.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625 of 1 July 2014, if he will provide further details of the children detained under special care orders outside of the State since January 2014; if he will provide a breakdown on the basis of the number, age and gender of the children placed; the name and location of each of the institutions in which the children were placed; and if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of each of these placements. [31854/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Child and Family Agency has provided the following data in relation to the children/young people who have been placed in secure Out of State placements from 1 January 2014 to 11 July 2014 :

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 1 July 2014, the amount of excess of €1 million allocated to progress national special care development projects for 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of the specific projects during 2014 which are being paid for out of that fund; the location of each project and the number of increased beds achieved. [31855/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward this to the Deputy when it becomes available.