Results 1-4 of 4 for "direct provision" speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I raise the issue of direct provision and quarantining in the Dundalk area. In the centre of Dundalk, the Carroll village apartment centre is currently used as a direct provision centre and has been since 2005. The number of asylum seekers it houses varies from around 50 to 80. It is known as an own-door-type accommodation and is self-contained accommodation. I understand that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...recent years, especially when Templemore college was closed and Garda numbers were decreasing. It is great that the Garda college is open again and all these new recruits are coming out. I refer to direct provision. The increase from €70 million to €130 million seems like a lot. The Minister mentioned in his report that the Government is considering using State-owned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...much about this area. I remember my mother told me years ago that if I do not know something, not to be afraid to ask questions. Is it correct that there are approximately 6,000 people living in direct provision? What information do we have on the people who live in direct provision? Do we have statistics? How many are living in State accommodation and how many are living in private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...? I will be honest. I would not fancy being stuck in a confined space for such a long period. What is the system at the moment? Have we learned anything? Have many of these people been in direct provision for five or six years? They want the right to work and do everything else. Have we learned anything? Have more people been employed to process applications? The figure of 3,900...