Dáil Éireann - Volume 207 - 06 February, 1964 - Committee on Finance. - Vote 23—Office of the Minister for Justice (Resumed).

Dáil Éireann - Volume 207 - 06 February, 1964 - Committee on Finance. - Vote 23—Office of the Minister for Justice (Resumed).: "The extent to which abnormal and [619] obnoxious conduct by children can be due to psychological disturbance, either in the children themselves or in the families from which they come has never been fully recognised under our administration of justice in the Children's Court. Unless there is proper observation of these children on remand, suitable investigation of their psychological condition and proper inquiry into their family circumstances, "the most regrettable decisions may be taken". Children may find themselves planted in institutions for the rest of their juvenile lives when they ought not to have been sent to institutions at all;"?

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