Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:1092. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of counsellors or psychologists currently working in juvenile detention centres. [1024/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 19 January 2022
Ceisteanna (1092)
Freagraí scríofa
Oberstown Children Detention Campus is the sole facility for the detention of children in the state. Oberstown employs an organisational psychologist on a part-time basis.
Additionally, such services are provided to young people at Oberstown by Tusla through ACTS - the Assessment Consultation Therapy Service. ACTS is a national specialised clinical service that provides multidisciplinary consultation, assessment and focused interventions to young people who have high risk behaviours associated with complex clinical needs.