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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...in Galway that are absolutely shocking. I know the Taoiseach is nodding his head in agreement but I am afraid the Government has left a vacuum. It has let this happen by doing this. It was told direct provision was inadequate. It was told to change that and the narrative emanating at the moment from the Government and on the right is dangerous, appalling and against our international...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe O'Reilly: .... It is worth mentioning the initiatives that are being taken because they are necessary. We are speeding up processing time. That should happen. I believe the whole concept of people being in direct provision long term is crazy. People should be processed and if they are eligible, they should be absorbed into the country and the workforce where there is a crying need for them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...have to lose time in school because it is the girls who traditionally go and collect the water. Now they can go to school as the water is on the doorstep, so to speak. This is an Irish foreign aid direct provision and idea as well, so there is a lot of innovation going on in our-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...for children. We will keep fighting for the rights of these children to live in the most normal way possible and to grow up in the most normal way possible. For us this is not just about direct provision. We think it is very important that children in emergency accommodation or who are homeless should not live in places where at a moment's notice they could be moved because their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who were living outside direct provision in private-rented accommodation at the end of March 2024. [20274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In February 2021 A White Paper to End Direct Provision and establish a new International Protection Service was published. The paper set out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International Protection in Ireland and contains three core themes – accommodation, integration and supports. There is a legal obligation on the state to meet the requirements under the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 May 2024) See 4 other results from this answer

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of the six reception centres targeted under the 2021 White Paper on Ending Direct Provision have been delivered to date; how many further are in development; the estimated number of persons that may be accommodated under the reception centres delivered to date and those in development, respectively;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the exemption for those people with status and-or leave to remain in direct provision centres who have been issued transfer letters to lone parents and their children, like has been done for those who are over the age of 65 or with significant medical or welfare needs; and if he will make a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Martin Conway: ...remain in this country. We need a strategy for people who have come here, who have sought refugee status and been granted it, and who are willing, able and want to work. Some of them cannot leave direct provision centres because they cannot find alternative accommodation. Some of them have no car to get to work. These people could make a huge contribution to our construction and...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...this island is aware of our history of institutionalising people considered inconvenient and undesirable, yet we seem to be continuing in the same way. The programme for Government included a commitment to end direct provision, for example, yet here we are four years later with no end in sight and no long-term plan. One of the first HIQA reports carried out in IPAS accommodation in...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...lead us through, and that has also had a detrimental effect. Accommodation for international protection applicants who are currently here is failing HIQA inspections, including the Knockalisheen direct provision centre where there are currently 52 men accommodated in tents. Because they are not on Mount Street, that story is not making it into the media. I know from a response to a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...wrong or has failed to take hold, in communities across the country, there are small stories of community integration where it is going right. I would point to my home town of Tramore. We have had direct provision in Tramore for well over 20 years. I have taught those kids. You look at the pictures of the county final and you see the evidence of positive integration within our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...view that the Government is not on top of issues relating to migration and that nobody competent is in charge. Scrambling around to turn hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation and office blocks into direct provision centres or having tents line the length of Mount Street in Dublin are not the hallmarks of a well-managed system. Ireland is a welcoming, compassionate country and there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

...mentioned the local authorities in particular, which is a really good example. It relates to other areas and another Department's area of responsibilities but that model has changed. The model of direct provision of those apprenticeships of what qualified tradesmen do has changed. As the Deputy will know, a lot of those services are contracted out, which means the level of employment in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...made a commitment to replace the current system of accommodation and supports for International Protection (IP) applicants. As part of this process, the Government approved A White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a new International Protection Support Service in February 2021. The White Paper set out a new policy for the accommodation of IP applicants and ensures they are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (30 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the recent HIQA report which found that the human rights of residents were not consistently promoted, respected or upheld at the Knockalisheen direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18771/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for those seeking international protections; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...very problematic in Irish politics. We have had difficulty within the Department of Justice for a long time and I have been critical of this myself, having spent 18 months as a Minister of State. The direct provision system allowed people to languish in the system for ten years, with children growing up in the system and becoming institutionalised. There was a reluctance to allow people...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of people do so. Neglect of or causing unnecessary suffering to animals is not acceptable in our society. I provide considerable funding to support animal welfare charity organisations in their direct provision of animal welfare supports where necessary. In December 2023, I announced the record allocation of €6 million in funding to 101 animal welfare charities throughout the...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2024)

...are usually better in quality, better value for money and more environmentally sustainable. Fórsa believes that it is time to bring power closer to the people by creating decent local employment through the direct provision of local authority services. It is time to reform Irish local government to reflect the European principle of subsidiarity. Local government can be an...