Results 21-39 of 39 for "direct provision" speaker:Ruth Coppinger

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (21 Feb 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 646. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who had previously been living in direct provision who were subsequently placed in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the consultation report with children and young persons in the direct provision system that was published by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. [35838/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make changes to the direct provision system to greatly improve the living conditions and welfare of asylum seekers and their children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35839/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Sep 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of abolishing the system of direct provision allowing asylum seekers the right to work; and the estimated cost of providing them with full access to all social protection benefits, as necessary. [36837/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to end the system of direct provision in view of the increased access to the labour market for those seeking asylum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29664/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Dec 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a report (details supplied) calling for the abolition of direct provision due to the impact it has on children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53196/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 598. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the presence of armed gardaí at Mount Trenchard direct provision centre in County Limerick and the transfer of two spokespersons for the residents immediately after their talks with the management of the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33574/14]

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (18 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I ask Deputy Fitzgerald as Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any investigations she or her Department have carried out into direct provision centres and the conditions in them, particularly in light of the fact that residents at a number of centres have had to engage in protests to highlight their plight. What action is the Minister taking on this scandal?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: .... Pavee Point, or one of the other Traveller groups, should come in. I agree the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, for example, or some other migrant group should come in on the issue of refugees and direct provision. I would prefer if the Tyrrelstown residents were not put in that category, as I think theirs is more of a financial issue. Those groups are the key ones.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: ...the scandal of 4,300 people, of whom 1,600 children, in 34 centres, living in what can only be described as hell. The last Government promised reform in this regard. When will we end the horror of direct provision and realise that in future this State will have to answer to people in the same way it has to answer to those who were in mother and baby homes in the past? When will we end...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ...protection for mortgage holders and tenants whose loans fall into the hands of vulture funds. Here we have the most vulnerable tenants that one could possibly think about in this country: people in direct provision. They were being given refuge by one arm of the State, whose loans were sold by another arm of the State, NAMA. It is a quite incredible situation. What is the Government...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: ...is so annoying. The people who will suffer will be very vulnerable women and girls who are the people the Deputies allegedly care about. It is very likely it will be very young people, possibly in direct provision, who are possibly afraid and who have possibly been sexually abused or raped. Technically anyone under 16 has been raped. It is absolutely vital the Minister sees that those...

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: ...Constituents of the former Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, who cut allowances for lone parents and young people, experience this problem as well. The low level of payments to people in direct provision has been mentioned. How is it possible for someone on €21 a week to afford these sanitary products? A similar issue arises in the context of Traveller accommodation...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: ...the State is continuing to privatise the care of all vulnerable groups in society - in many cases, to private religious denominations. Will that be investigated by the commission? The crime and shame of direct provision for asylum seekers has also been mentioned. This effectively guarantees that people live in a nightmare of torture. I also point out to the Minister that it was not...

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ...we would let people work. Regarding the claim that we have a commitment to solidarity, the Irish State has a signpost that people really should not seek refuge in this country; that is the purpose of direct provision. I want to put the discussion into context before going into some of the other issues. We have an increasingly unstable world where war, conflict, climate change and...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ...Travellers, refugees or migrant workers who live in this country. We know the situation with regard to Travellers, with money unspent by councils and we know that refugees were brought here and placed in direct provision in horrific circumstances. Solidarity says the resources exist in the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, in NAMA, which also has funds - the debt that was paid while...

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: ...part of an EU bloc that is silent on the issue of the plundering resources in the Third World and then turning away its victims through a fortress Europe policy. Ireland operates a system of direct provision. While the effect is not the same as the US system, the intent is the same, namely, to discourage migrants from seeking a better life in Ireland. These are the new policies of...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I will share time with Deputy Paul Murphy. The motion states the central pillar of any Government policy must prioritise a decisive shift towards the direct provision of public and affordable housing on public land rather than the current reliance on private sector solutions”. Such is the scale of the housing crisis and the speed with which it continues to spiral out of control that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ...will it take to house all those on the social housing list and in that severe unaffordable and insecure sector I mentioned? That would include a range of different people who have already been mentioned, such as those in direct provision and those in refuges for domestic violence. On social house building, I doubt it will be dealt with today but maybe the committee could consider...