Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 September 2026
1026. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young persons detained in Oberstown children detention campus in each of the past ten years; and the average daily population in each year. [64621/26]
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|
Year |
Operational Capacity |
Average Daily Population |
Number of Individual Children detained in year |
|
2017 |
46 |
*Not available |
133 |
|
2018 |
46 |
*Not available |
132 |
|
2019 |
46 |
37 |
127 |
|
2020 |
46 |
36 |
135 |
|
2021 |
46 |
31 |
102 |
|
2022 |
46 |
32 |
110 |
|
2023 |
46 |
35 |
129 |
|
2024 |
46 |
39 |
120 |
|
2025 |
46 |
39 |
119 |
|
2026 YTD |
46 |
40 |
103 |
Data for 2017 and 2018 is unavailable as the relevant information was not routinely collected and reported in the format requested at that time. Consequently, it is not possible to accurately determine the number of individual young persons detained or the average daily population for those years.
