Results 321-340 of 3,512 for "direct provision"

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (1 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work being undertaken to establish a refugee agency as per the White Paper recommendations on ending direct provision; if any persons have been interviewed for positions within the agency; when he expects the agency to be become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60036/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (30 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: ...as represented by the Pobal HP deprivation index. It also took into consideration the significant educational disadvantage experienced by Traveller and Roma learners and by students residing in direct provision or emergency homeless accommodation. A detailed document outlining the refined DEIS identification model is published on gov.ie. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: .... My answer to the Deputy’s question has just been framed by the debate we have been having on another matter. It is AIB and Bank of Ireland, but there is a larger group of banks that is under direct provision of the ECB. It includes AIB and Bank of Ireland, as I said, but it also references a large number of international banks that are present in Ireland. I can give the Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: First, Deputy O'Rourke referred to direct provision and the targets. It is going to be extremely challenging now. It is 2022 and many people in direct provision are in a position where they are now legally resident in the State and can leave direct provision if they wish, but they are staying in it at the moment. Obviously, the wider housing issue is probably a factor in that but it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...- www.gov.ie/organisation/en/department-of-tourism-culture-art s-gaeltacht-sport-media. As the Deputy will be aware, with the exception of the National Archives, my Department is not involved in the direct provision of services to the public. Information in relation to my Department's policies, initiatives and schemes, is also available on my Department's website. Information...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (29 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times emergency services were called to incidents in direct provision centres in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: 511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application has been received or made regarding the establishment of a direct provision centre or accommodation centre for international protection applicants or beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection Directive in Cadamstown, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents in direct provision centres in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58961/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...from anywhere in the country. We only have the capacity to deliver it in English but we advertise it through many support groups for minority ethnic groups. We have done it a couple of times in direct provision centres, with the support of the direct provision centre when it comes to translation and so on. We try to reach into all the various areas of the community with it.

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...let rents or house prices go down. If the Government is labouring under that illusion, it is a mistaken illusion that will not happen. The public sector has to ramp up, on a massive scale, the direct provision of public and social housing. By the way, I supported all those projects and never opposed one of them. What I do oppose is the wasting of human labour building properties...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (Number 4) Regulations 2022: Motion (23 Nov 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...muster. After the most recent election, when the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, brought forward his paper outlining the Government's plans to end direct provision, none of us thought we would be in the situation we are in today, whereby not only are we unable to end direct provision because of the changed circumstances, we must expand...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...disabilities and older people continue to experience discrimination in the housing system; — those seeking international protection continue to live in inadequate accommodation, while thousands of people granted asylum are unable to find a pathway out of Direct Provision; and — in response to the deepening housing crisis, Raise the Roof, the trade union and civil...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: .... The Department of Health and the HSE are committed to developing an enhanced model of community health care for international protection applicants and other refugees, under the White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new international protection support service. Under this model, community healthcare teams will develop a comprehensive and efficient model of care for...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (22 Nov 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: ...”. That, again, is a good summation. We are responding still to a crisis and very significant numbers of people arriving and we have not had that space. When I brought in the White Paper on ending direct provision, I was hoping we would have that opportunity to create that space in terms of our response to people seeking international protection and looking at new ways of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: ...and affordable and all of that? There is a figure also of 242 under the approved housing bodies for delivery under the cost rental equity loan, CREL, but there is no figure for the local authority direct provision of cost rental units. I am out of time. I must be as strict on myself as I am on others. Perhaps the witnesses will come back in the third round with the answers to those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (17 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: ...everyone will welcome. Some 310 people have been in tented accommodation over the past number of months. As well as the reassurance provided by having HIQA involved in an inspection process of the direct provision centres, I have also discussed bringing in additional inspection support with my Department. Perhaps we will beef up the independent inspectorate company operation we use at...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to recent media reports that Government plans to end direct provision by 2024 are to be watered down and that persons in direct provision may be charged rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56940/22]