HSE policy ‘excludes troubled teens from special care’

THE HSE has been criticised for “using” a young person’s criminal charges as a way of excluding them from accessing special care units where teenagers are detained for their own safety and protection.

Daniel McAnaspie, whose remains were found last weekend after he had been missing for more than two months was refused a placement in a secure care facility in Sweden last year.

Defence solicitor Gareth Noble, who acted for Mr McAnaspie in his Children’s Court case, said a special committee which decides whether or not a teenager gets a place in a special care unit was operating under “crazy policy”.