Results 21-40 of 124 for "direct provision" speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Service) accommodation centres between the years 2018 to 2020. Unfortunately, there are no statistics available for 2017. As the Deputy will be aware, I have now published a “White Paper to End Direct Provision and to establish a new International Protection Support Service”. The White Paper sets out a new Government policy to establish a new ‘International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in Ireland. The tragic death of a person who comes to this country seeking our protection is something on which we should all reflect. As the Deputy will appreciate, responsibility for Direct Provision currently lies with my colleague the Minister for Justice. Work on the transfer to my Department is at an advanced stage and we hope to have completed the full transfer in early...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...by the State. The increased funding, €145 million over what was provided in 2020, will enable my Department to begin the process of implementing the Programme for Government commitment to end the Direct Provision system and to plan for the transition to an alternative model of provision. The process of moving to a new system will take time and is complex. The change...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... There is a need for a White Paper because it is an overarching issue and the solutions are across a wide range of issues. The programme for Government does not discuss the accommodation side of direct provision alone. It looks at the entire international protection process and how that might be speeded up, it looks at the conditions residents are living in, it looks at the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service, was published on 26 February 2021, along with translations of the Executive Summary into Irish, Albanian, Arabic, French, Georgian, Somali and Urdu.  The service provider was Word Perfect, with whom my Department has a contract, and the cost including VAT was €3,780.65. These...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government contains a committment to ending the Direct Provision system and replacing it with a new International Protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach.  The Government has also committed to the development of a White Paper which will set out how this new system will be structured and the steps to achieving it. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to end the Direct Provision system and replace it with a new International Protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach. The Government has also committed to the development of a White Paper which will set out how this new system will be structured and the steps to achieving it. My Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government commits to ending the system of Direct Provision. We have pledged to replace it with a new International Protection Support Service (IPSS), which will be centred on a not-for profit approach. As part of this process, I published A White Paper to end Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Serviceon 26 February 2021. We have begun...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The ombudsman is absolutely right to highlight the inappropriateness of the direct provision system to deal with the needs of anybody, particularly those of children. That is why we brought forward the White Paper proposing to end direct provision and replace it with a new international protection support service, with all the wrap-around supports it entails. As the Deputy notes, this will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of 30 January, there were 8,582 people accommodated in the direct provision system as a whole. This includes 5,828 persons in international protection accommodation services, IPAS, centres, 1,065 in emergency accommodation centres, 396 in the national reception centre in Balseskin, 323 in quarantine facilities and 970 in pre-reception facilities. Within direct provision centres and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I welcome the report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” and my Department accepts its recommendations in full. I am pleased that the recommendations of Dr Muldoon's Office are being acted on by all of the relevant agencies. While a good deal of work has been undertaken in the past number of years to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of this Department. These figures were last received on Sunday, 28 November, 2021. As at Year Number of Persons in Direct Provision 28 November 2021 7,089 Year-end 2020 6,997 Year-end 2019 7,683 Year-end...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will appreciate from statements I have made from the outset of our reform programme for Ending Direct Provision, in order to meet our legal obligations to provide accommodation and other support services for protection applicants as we transition to the new system, existing accommodation centres will continue to operate in the short to medium term; as such my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: 351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community response forums that contain direct representation from persons living in direct provision, including asylum seekers in temporary emergency accommodation, by county; if they are not directly represented, if an assessment is being carried out in each county to ascertain if information is being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: 709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of community response forums which contain direct representation from persons living in direct provision including asylum seekers in temporary emergency accommodation by county; if they are not directly represented, if an assessment is being carried out in each county to ascertain if information is being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (4 Jul 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...with the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, and the County and City Management Association, CCMA, on the provision of this. That money is there. The Deputy is correct about what direct provision was meant to be and that we have ended up with the system still in place 21 years later. Many people are working hard to support the changes we are trying to make. Catherine Day is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is correct about the direct provision system. He knows of my efforts to end direct provision. We have the White Paper. We had a quite substantive discussion about that during the taking of questions earlier today and I set out what we are doing. I have been honest about the impact of the war in Ukraine, which has affected my Department's ability over the past three months. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy is aware, the central problem with the direct provision model is its reliance on commercial operators and that is why the State has so few centres. We have seven State-owned accommodation centres as well as Balseskin, which is State owned and operated. Other than that, the system relied on commercial operators. That is the problem with the system, which the White Paper is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (10 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department currently has three direct provision accommodation centres and two emergency centres in the county of Galway. One of the accommodation centres currently provides own-door accommodation. The new model of accommodation and supports set out in the White Paper to End Direct Provisionprovides for own-door accommodation for families and own-room...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for the question. As she says, this is an important scheme for the undocumented and those who have been in direct provision for more than two years. As the Deputy knows, the scheme does not apply any charge to those who are in direct provision. Therefore, about 2,800 individuals will be able to participate in the scheme without any charge. Regarding undocumented...