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27/04/2016
Bail Supervision Scheme Contract Awarded By Dept Of Children
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has awarded the contract for the Bail Supervision Scheme for young offenders to Extern.
The Bail Supervision Scheme is envisaged to ensure that detention as a last resort is possible and judges will have available to them information on how a young person is progressing on compliance with bail conditions laid down by the court. The scheme will provide support through the use of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to assist the young person to desist from anti-social behaviour and support families during the period of the remand.
Making the announcement, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, James Reilly, said: "I am very pleased to announce that, following a request for tender (RFT) prepared within my department and posted on e-Tenders, Extern were successful in winning the tender for the proposed Bail Supervision Scheme.
"I have asked my Department to finalise the contract to operate the new scheme as soon as possible. The scheme will operate initially on a pilot basis in 2016 in the Dublin area.
"It will be available at the discretion of the presiding Judge and will have a prescribed reporting system back to the courts through the Probation Service, An Garda Síochána and the Oberstown Children Detention Campus. The detailed procedures and responsibilities for each partner agency are currently being developed and this will also involve consultation with the Judiciary.
"The normal rules on breaches of conditions of bail will be observed should a young person not comply and the added supervision will ensure greater compliance and closer monitoring. Based on evidence elsewhere in this area, an intensive bail supervision scheme for young people should impact remand trends by offering courts a new option 'bail with supervision' (as an alternative to a remand to detention) following an assessment of suitability. This alternative option should also help a young person to moderate their chaotic circumstances and promote greater stability and pro-social behaviour during the period of bail."
(MH/LM)
The Bail Supervision Scheme is envisaged to ensure that detention as a last resort is possible and judges will have available to them information on how a young person is progressing on compliance with bail conditions laid down by the court. The scheme will provide support through the use of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to assist the young person to desist from anti-social behaviour and support families during the period of the remand.
Making the announcement, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, James Reilly, said: "I am very pleased to announce that, following a request for tender (RFT) prepared within my department and posted on e-Tenders, Extern were successful in winning the tender for the proposed Bail Supervision Scheme.
"I have asked my Department to finalise the contract to operate the new scheme as soon as possible. The scheme will operate initially on a pilot basis in 2016 in the Dublin area.
"It will be available at the discretion of the presiding Judge and will have a prescribed reporting system back to the courts through the Probation Service, An Garda Síochána and the Oberstown Children Detention Campus. The detailed procedures and responsibilities for each partner agency are currently being developed and this will also involve consultation with the Judiciary.
"The normal rules on breaches of conditions of bail will be observed should a young person not comply and the added supervision will ensure greater compliance and closer monitoring. Based on evidence elsewhere in this area, an intensive bail supervision scheme for young people should impact remand trends by offering courts a new option 'bail with supervision' (as an alternative to a remand to detention) following an assessment of suitability. This alternative option should also help a young person to moderate their chaotic circumstances and promote greater stability and pro-social behaviour during the period of bail."
(MH/LM)
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