Committee denies 145 applications for special care

A SPECIAL committee that decides whether or not troubled teenagers should be placed in special care units denies more applications than it approves.

This often leaves vulnerable young people without intensive interventions.

Documents obtained by the Irish Examiner show that the HSE’s National Special Care Admissions and Discharge Committee (NSCADC) approved 102 placements over a four- year period — but denied a further 145.