The Head of Child and Family Agency for the HSE says there was nothing untoward in the locking of doors at a high support unit for vulnerable teenagers in Dublin.
A report published by HIQA yesterday on an unannounced inspection of Crannog Nua in north Dublin highlighted that corridor doors were locked at 8 O'clock in the evening until 8am the next monring - breaching the teenagers human rights as well as fire safety regulations.
Gordon Jeyes says the front door of the facility was locked at night for the safety of the four children staying at the unit and no internal doors were locked.
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And he told Newstalk's Breakfast the practice was not out of line with fire safety policy:
