Results 41-58 of 58 for "direct provision" speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (12 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance which is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full board, accommodation and other services by the Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice and Equality.  In addition, applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: New Communities Unit (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...since January 2015, the Department is unable to provide such statistics as its systems do not differentiate between homeless non-Irish citizens and those individuals who may have been placed in Direct Provision as part of the Asylum Process. That being said I can advise the Deputy that in the period June 2015, the date from which data is available, to 15 March 2018 the New Communities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (11 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...State Pension Non-Contributory 94,900 0 Jobseeker's Allowance* 111,680 33,504 One-Parent Family Payment 39,455 0 Widow(er)s' Pension (non-con) 1,385 0 Deserted Wife's Allowance 110 0 Supplementary Welfare Allowance* 4,400 12,370 Daily Expenses Allowance (formerly Direct Provision Allowance)* 1,950 1,240 Farm Assist 6,645 0 Community Employment 21,465 0 Rural Social Scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives from the European Parliament (4 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...happen. When the really positive impact of migrants on our economy and society are outlined instead of the negativity and the rabbit hole that we sometimes end up going down, particularly around direct provision, I hope that we really can change. This narrative has to be changed by all of us and not just by the State. It has to be changed by communities and sport organisations as to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...to accept it. I look forward to scheduling her Bill, as soon as I can, for a Thursday afternoon in order to try to get it progressed insofar as we can between now and Christmas. Senator Flynn sought a debate on direct provision. Every time she does so, I do ask about it but I have not yet been given a date. I will ask again today and remind the Minister with responsibility. I am...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

Regina Doherty: .... It makes an enormous difference for both our younger and older communities. I am glad the Senator put the new routes in Clare, and the welcome for them, on the record today. The White Paper on direct provision was released this morning and a number of Members spoke about it. Some of them have been speaking about this matter for many years. This is a real Irish trait, where we are...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...presented by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and Barnardos that the cost of raising and caring for children increases once that child reaches his or her secondary school years. The rate of daily expenses allowance, formerly known as direct provision allowance, is being increased to the levels recommended in the McMahon report. The rate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: That is a valid point. The ruling on direct provision arising from the court's ruling. A working group was established by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, a number of months ago to look at the outcome of that ruling. My officials sit on the working group, simply for the fact that whatever action comes from the working group has to acknowledge that with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...and Family Agency (TUSLA) during the period of 12 months before they reached the age of 18 are not  subject to the reduced rate. Similarly, unaccompanied minors who entered the State and were in the care of TUSLA prior to entering the direct provision system are exempt from the reduced rates of JA. My Department actively engages with Tusla and non-Government organisations in providing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (27 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income.  ENPs can be paid to assist with rent deposits and the costs of setting up home, including to young persons leaving direct provision accommodation and moving into the community.   CWS staff...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ..., an extension of the maintenance disregard for housing costs in the working family payment, an extra week's fuel allowance, an increase in the daily expense allowance, which was formally known as the direct provision allowance, a restoration to 100% of the Christmas bonus, an increase in the national minimum wage and additional funding to secure the free travel and the free television...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...would be perfect in the region and it would be a huge statement. I will write to the Taoiseach today to express the views of the Senator. Senator Higgins called for debates on statutory homecare and direct provision. While I know these issues are incredibly important, the debates will probably come at the very beginning of September, if that is okay with the Senator. To answer her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...proposed for 2017. The total number of families who have been supported under the scheme this year to date is 139,170. The scheme remains open until 30 September and the Department is continuing to process applications. A Government decision was made in June to increase the weekly rate of direct provision allowance for children from €15.60 to €21.60 per week, while the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...and cannot take unaccompanied children to this country when we have nowhere for them to go. If anything, today we should put out a call for people to become foster parents because that is the real crux. The debate on direct provision is ongoing and I hope we will finalise it in the upcoming months and years to provide alternative accommodation. The reality is that if we take 400 people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...that community so well and so beautifully. I wish to acknowledge that and put it on the record. Senator Flynn also called for debates on the heads of the Bill on hate crime and on the White Paper on direct provision. I will try to organise those debates as quickly as I can. In response to Senator Gavan, I have not read the articles to which he referred so I am a little reluctant to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...will do today. Senator Flynn spoke about the Ireland's Future conference this weekend and is looking forward to participating in it. She asked again, as she has been asking for the last couple of months, for a debate on direct provision. It has been requested but I will follow up today to see if we can get a date. Senator Sherlock spoke about the real success of Culture Night in all of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...reply, which was well drafted. There is no reason not to shine a light when human rights violations are being made and to sing about them insofar as they should not be done in the quiet or in close corners. Senator Flynn asked for a debate on direct provision, which we will organise. Senators Sherlock, Martin and Craughwell, among others, talked about Ukraine and the sanctions I hope will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...first things I do in the morning, probably even before I get out of bed, is to open The Irish Times. The story on its front page today, in conjunction with the story in recent weeks of the young man in direct provision who had sores all over his body, paints a disgusting picture of how we treat vulnerable people in this country, and it needs to stop. One of the first things I will do for...