Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is common practice for young boys and girls to be housed in small residential care houses of three or four beds together; if so, the safeguards put in place to protect them; and the number of such houses here. [20775/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Tusla only places children aged 12 years or younger in residential care in exceptional circumstances.

Children may be placed in residential care for a number of reasons, which may include

- The child's assessed needs or own preference

- Where other attempts to keep a sibling group together, where appropriate, have not been successful

- The provision of specialist supports or intensive intervention

- Suitability of the residential setting to meet the child's care and behavioural needs

I have written to Tusla, and asked them to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the operational aspects of the question.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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453. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla keeps a record of the number of teenage pregnancies that occur in girls who are in residential care; and if so, the number per year since 2011. [20776/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I have written to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and asked them to respond directly to the Deputy's question, which relates to an operational matter for Tusla.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocols in place when a girl in residential care becomes pregnant. [20777/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I have written to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and asked them to respond directly to the Deputy's question, which relates to an operational matter for Tusla.