Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adolescent residential beds in Munster both private and public in each of the years 2011 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5903/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Tusla, the Child and Family Agency comprises 17 administrative areas arranged in four regions, namely Dublin Mid-Leinster, Dublin North East, South and West. I have asked Tusla if it is possible to provide the number of children residential beds in the format requested, and will revert to the Deputy when their answer is to hand.  

The number of children residential centres for the South Region  for each year since Tusla's establishment in 2014 is set out in Table 1.  Tusla's South region comprises the administrative areas of Cork, Kerry, Waterford/Wexford, and Carlow/Kilkenny/South Tipperary.  Prior to 2014, Tusla has indicated that it is not in a position to provide this data as residential care was then a matter for the HSE.

Residential places in the South region may accommodate adolescents from other regions. 

Table 1.