Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed in Oberstown Children Detention Campus for periods of less than one year, two to three years, and four years or more in tabular form; the number of children classed as committed and on remand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27112/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I am advised by Oberstown Children Detention Campus that there were 37 children detained in Oberstown on June 24th, 2019. There were 16 children on remand, while 21 children were serving a period of detention. The breakdown, as requested, is as follows:

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the children placed in Oberstown Children Detention Campus are segregated depending on if they are committed or on remand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27113/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Section 88(8) of the Children Act 2001, provides that children remanded in custody, shall as far as practicable and where it is in the interests of the child, be kept separate from and not be allowed to associate with children in respect of whom a period of detention has been imposed.

I am advised by Oberstown Children Detention Campus that children on remand are generally in separate accommodation to children in detention. However, where it is identified that it is in the best interest of a particular child who is subject to a remand order to be in a longer term detention unit, he/she will be placed there.