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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (21 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 959. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 14 February 2023, and the provision of the information by email, if the contracted capacity of each centre can be provided as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13325/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (21 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 972. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the direct provision centre in Shannon, County Clare; the plans there are to augment the existing services in the town to deal with the additional numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (21 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the place finders service offered to individuals and families with leave to remain but trapped in direct provision; the number of such services; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: ...period for access to the labour market to 3 months as recommended by the Catherine Day Report, the reduction of the waiting period to 6 months was guided by the Report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Direct Provision and the Review of Access to the Labour Market for persons seeking international protection. The review of access to the labour market also recommended that the changes...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new International Protection Support Service has explored the extension of the HAP to the sponsor prior to the arrival of family in cases of family reunification; if so, if this change is likely to be adopted; and if not, if it is something his...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...who are oblivious to this day. These are the women who are waking up today battered and bruised because of what happened last night, yesterday or the day before that. I am thinking of the women in direct provision who are sitting, are lost and are trying to rear their families. I am thinking of a woman who contacted me last week because she does not have a proper shower and proper...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...'s policy so far has supported the objective of the banks, who are driven by the high cost of providing cash services and the push towards a more digital banking model, which incentivises banks to move away from direct provision of cash services, thus closing branches all across the country and limiting access for citizens to their own money; — the agenda to move towards a full...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2023)

Niamh Smyth: ...of the country. It is important we do that. I acknowledge the high cost of providing cash services and the move to a more digitalised banking model have incentivised banks to move away from the direct provision of cash services. I am someone who comes from a rural area and businesses need access to cash. The Minister spoke a little about the regulation of ATMs. That would also be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Mark Ward: ...the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether a management company (details supplied) or IPAS are asking people with the right to remain to leave direct provision centres; if he will guarantee that these people will not be made homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11447/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Gary Gannon: The Children's Rights Alliance annual report card indicates a significant decrease in the quality of conditions experienced by children living in direct provision. The rating fell from a B to a D grade in just a year. I appreciate the complexities of the past year but children are living in temporary accommodation centres throughout the country that are grossly unsuitable, with no...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (1 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 14 February 2022, if the information can now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (1 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the funding provided to a direct provision centre (details supplied), which is over capacity as families cannot move out due to a local shortage of accommodation. [10584/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023) See 13 other results from this debate

Mr. Nick Henderson: I will come in on the first point around Dídean. In January 2020, we produced a long report called Alternatives to Direct Provision. One of the main points in that report was that we cannot rely, and this was before the current crisis, on a single model of accommodation. In the report, we recommended seven models. Dídean was one of those and an example of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Civil Law Act 2022 (Section 4 (2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2023: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...we have faced in this area in the past year. The landscape has entirely changed from what it was in late 2021, for example, when we undertook the serious and still challenging task of ending direct provision by the end of 2024. We were dealing with accommodating and meeting the accommodation needs of 7,500 people with an expectation of 3,500 to 4,000 people arriving per year. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...reunification, an application can be made to the local authority for a new HAP payment for another property. Broader policy in relation to such matters is set out in the White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new International Protection Support Service. My Department supports the work of my colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending access to child benefit payments to asylum seekers and those in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (28 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Paul Murphy: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will significantly increase the direct provision allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support paying the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and giving asylum-seeking children access to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9508/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (28 Feb 2023)

Robert Troy: 457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish protocols for dealing with local communities in advance of establishing direct provision centres in any area and a forum for ongoing engagement following the establishment to ensure integration. [10202/23]