Results 41-60 of 63 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Murphy

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

Catherine Murphy: 469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to commercial firms to accommodate persons seeking international protection and privately-owned direct provision centres in each of the years 2017 to 2019, and to the date in 2020 on which responsibility was passed to his Department; if he will provide the schedule and number of firms and-or...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: .... It is important that there is a commitment to bring the resources up to an acceptable level because otherwise we will see a post-Covid-19 reaction to the lack of visibility. I want to raise the issue of direct provision with the Minister. I listened to the Taoiseach this afternoon when he described some direct provision centres as being substandard. Will the Minister give us an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the progress that has been made since the publication of a white paper to end direct provision; the number of international protection applicants that have transitioned into the new model to date in 2022; and if he will provide an update in respect of the work completed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I want to return to the expenditure on direct provision. When we learn of problems in this area very often it emerges in the public arena or people make contact with us. We saw some very unsatisfactory cases this year, with one group of people having to move from one hotel to another owing to a Covid issue. These people were moved from a hotel in Dublin to a hotel in Kerry and there...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...financial matters, but what impression would people get about this island if we keep showing a nature that is not the true nature of the Irish people? Deputy Boyd Barrett make a point about the direct provision system, which will be a legacy issue in the future. I know it is an issue about which the Minister of State feels strongly and about which he is determined to do something....

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...one in every three - it will not be accepted from an individual Deputy as it must come through the Whips' office. The House demands this of us, so there is a recognition of a need for it, but there is no direct provision and the legislation has a gap. We help to facilitate business continuity planning in case of emergencies. We have to provide a telephone number of a person who can be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...restrictions end? In addition to the testing and contact tracing we know we have to mitigate risks. Meat plants are a risk and work practices are part of that. What is happening in relation to that? Direct provision centres are a known risk and if there was a will, something could be done about that. Is there such a will? International travel is a known risk. Dr. Holohan was before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...and a reserved function? Why was the 10% exclusively for social housing increased from four to nine houses? The smaller schemes will be in rural areas and there will be a higher dependence on a direct provision for social housing there because there will not be the throughput. Was that considered? A point made on page ten in the general scheme is that "In the light of current...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...understanding of the long-term consequences of the way we treated people in this country. There are contemporary comparisons, and it would be wrong of us not to point to them. One of these is direct provision. Children raised for extensive periods in these environments can be badly damaged. We have a responsibility to do something about this also.

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...for considering offers of accommodation and the absence of communication with communities are leaving a dangerous vacuum. There is no doubt the war in Ukraine has changed the dynamic and removed the possibility of ending direct provision. There is a whole-of-government issue, yet the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is primarily left dealing with an...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...been dealing with the migration issue has opened the door for some very nasty forces that have made it much more difficult to have a rational debate about the migration system both now and into the future. The direct provision system, together with the length of time it takes for an applicant to get through the system, was a significant issue before the war in Ukraine. Then we have seen...

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: ...waiting list. It is equal to the total population of five counties, Carlow, Longford, Sligo, Roscommon and Monaghan combined. We do not even count some people, such as those who could move out of direct provision but are stuck because they have nowhere to go. The rental situation is still out of control. A three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lucan costs €2,200 per month. Why...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Catherine Murphy: ...the houses. Hence, several more years elapse before such houses are delivered. That is the reality. Any change in policy that reduces the delivery of the 20% target must be compensated for by direct provision on the part of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The programme for Government promised a review of the operation of Part V in respect of delivery. Has...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...to put roofs over people's heads, but we have to set a clear and acceptable standard for the accommodation we put people into, even if is very temporary accommodation. We cannot repeat the sins of direct provision in this system. Yes, we have a moral obligation to take in refugees. I do not dispute that at all, but we also have a moral and legal obligation to ensure they are treated...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...put in place in advance of that? I have been told that within a week of their being moved, a number of staff in that hotel tested positive for Covid-19. Is the Swords hotel still being used for direct provision? Have there been more confirmed cases? I ask the Minister about different advice from the HSE. In his earlier statement, he said that three people sharing a room was in line...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (23 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...of what the thinking is, what options might be available and whether parallel planning is occurring in terms of working with the childcare sector to match childcare workers with healthcare staff. Direct provision is an area about which I have deep concerns. We have seen at least one confirmed outbreak following the distribution of a group of asylum seekers from a centre in Dublin to...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...it is important to note that a lot of the discussions prior to that had happened behind closed doors in briefings not seen by the public. Many of us had been raising concerns about nursing homes, direct provision and testing, tracing and personal protective equipment, on which there were discussions forward and back but out of public view. The news in recent days of the continued...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...still are - were bussed to Crooksling, the optics were that they were being hidden from international eyes for the St. Patrick’s Day festival. It is an appalling way to treat human beings. The direct provision system, which was to be phased out, is overwhelmed and cannot cope with the new intake of over 5,500 people who have been through the immigration system and have the right...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...right to liberty and security, the right to asylum, the right to fair procedures and the right to an effective remedy. The State continues to fail in this regard. We need only look at the conditions in direct provision centres or the appalling standards on so many of our fishing trawlers to see just how severely we have failed these people. We saw a story on social media in the last few...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...by asylum seekers, human rights groups and several Members of the Oireachtas. The delay in affording driver licences to asylum seekers has caused more hardship than has been necessary. It has added to the hardship. Direct provision centres are often in isolated locations and not having the ability to drive has been an impediment to getting work, bringing children to school, socialising...