531. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occasions in the past five years on which has Tusla flown children to the UK so they could be accommodated in secure units there; if a guardian ad litem accompanied children on every occasion; who else accompanied the children; the age profile of the children; the number of Irish children currently being accommodated in this way; the length of time they have been living in these arrangements for; the number of occasions on which Tusla hired a private plane; in these cases, if every possible option in Ireland was explored beforehand; if any children turned 18 while in a secure unit in the UK; and if so, the aftercare options they they were offered in the UK and in Ireland. [64662/25]

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531. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occasions in the past five years on which has Tusla flown children to the UK so they could be accommodated in secure units there; if a guardian ad litem accompanied children on every occasion; who else accompanied the children; the age profile of the children; the number of Irish children currently being accommodated in this way; the length of time they have been living in these arrangements for; the number of occasions on which Tusla hired a private plane; in these cases, if every possible option in Ireland was explored beforehand; if any children turned 18 while in a secure unit in the UK; and if so, the aftercare options they they were offered in the UK and in Ireland. [64662/25]

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