Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beds purchased in 2014 in private mental health facilities for children and adolescents in Tusla; if these were child or adult mental health facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43983/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Child and Family Agency does not have a national role in the delivery of mental health services for children and young people as this remains the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The Agency does currently fund a small number of secure placements outside of the State and a number of these are in a service that provides a residential mental health facility for children and adolescents. As of July this year, the Agency had used 12 secure care places and, of these, 9 places were in a child and adolescent facility that provides mental health services.