Results 141-160 of 3,494 for "direct provision"

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the 2020 roundof Childminder Development Grants, totalling just over €190,000.The Report of the Advisory Group on DirectProvision was published jointly with the Department of Justice, and formeda key input to the White Paper to End Direct Provision that wassubsequently published in February 2021.In 2021:Budget 2022 saw the introduction of additionalfunding of €183 million...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

...The justice sector will have the Inspector of Prisons with an extended remit to go beyond prisons into all justice-related areas. The likelihood is that HIQA will be in charge of nursing homes and direct provision and the Mental Health Commission is likely to be in charge of institutions relating to mental health. There will be a number of mechanisms and then we will be the co-ordinating...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: I understand that the European Council will again be discussing migration and there are some points on this subject I want to bring to the attention of the House. Some residents of the direct provision centre at the Kinsale Road in Cork have recently received correspondence from International Protection Accommodation Services, IPAS, stating that they are to be transferred to a disused Army...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

...security. Policies in this area include expanding the hot school meals programme, particularly for schools and preschools in disadvantaged areas and those with a high concentration of homeless children or children living in direct provision who do not have their own cooking facilities. The third SDG is "Good Health". Policies in this area include ensuring that announced budgetary...

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

Mick Barry: ...has a policy of offering alternative accommodation to those who have a right to reside in the State after having been through the international protection process but are still living in the direct provision system that is far from their current residence (details supplied); if he will ensure that offers of alternative accommodation to those cohorts are in the locality of the direct...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

...of certain countries as safe countries of origin. We called for immediate working rights, or a full weekly allowance, for applicants who are unable to secure accommodation as well as the end of the direct provision system which we believe dehumanises asylum seekers. The stringent measures in direct provision centres strip people of their dignity and impede the freedom of young...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has entered into an agreement to use a building (details supplied) in County Kerry as a direct provision centre to accommodate asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the direct provision centres currently operating in the State; the number of persons residing in each; and the number residing in each centre in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [30679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (27 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: ..., Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers in the State who are unaccompanied minors; the number which are in State care or fostering; and the number residing in direct provision centres and the number who are homeless. [30713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has either met with or corresponded with managers of direct provision centres since he took office; and the dates on which these meeting or instances of correspondence occurred. [30891/23]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Engagement with An Taoiseach (22 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...to every child in the State. We also called for the Government to consider making the universal child benefit payment, which is made to other children within the State, available to people in direct provision, where we know there is a great deal of poverty.

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ..., however big or small, to make a profit. That is exactly what Government policy is. The Minister of State has inherited that. I realise she is on record as saying she would like change so as to have more direct provision. I welcome that. The findings of the review are absolutely stark. I have only a minute and a half left, so I will not be able to go through them. Pay and conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children living in international protection accommodation services accommodation, including direct provision, pre-reception, temporary emergency and emergency centres, who have their status, permission to remain, subsidiary protection or refugee status. [29938/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Michael Lowry: The people of Roscrea have already responded in a kind and generous manner by welcoming hundreds of displaced people into their town. A direct provision centre already exists. Local factories and businesses employ large numbers of foreign nationals. Asylum seekers are accommodated in numerous houses around the town. As a result, medical services are pushed beyond their limit. The Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Jun 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Neasa Hourigan: ...for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown by county and, in Dublin, by post code of the total number of people in International Protection Accommodation Services or direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29606/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (15 Jun 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

...are important to them. The 2021 event was held in the RDS and seven young people took part. Topics on the day included living with scoliosis, equality, climate change, treating children with respect, mental health, gender issues in farming, fast fashion and living in direct provision. The 2022 event was held in the library here in Leinster House and had a theme of "If I were Taoiseach...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...the colour of his skin. A young gay couple, Anthony and Gearóid, were attacked and stabbed in Newbridge, because of their sexuality. This was only 100 yd from my own home. We have seen arson attacks on direct provision centres and refugee accommodation areas. We have seen mosques being vandalised. Those are only a few examples of some of the events that have taken place in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1067. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which it is expected to augment social facilities in the vicinity of Firmount, Clane, County Kildare, in the event of the deployment of refugees there at, if social or community facilities can be augmented to ensure the best possible standards are applied; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Pobal on behalf of the Department of Rural and Community Development. Depending on the organisation involved, upcycled bicycles are made available for free or at a lower cost to various groups including those in direct provision or those outside employment. A review of this pilot will be undertaken later this year with a view to ascertaining the impact of this Initiative. My...