Results 61-80 of 157 for "direct provision" speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Please see information below, as requested by the Deputy: Direct Provision Centres Co. Wicklow 2018 2019 2020 2021 25/09/2022 The Grand Hotel Wicklow 111 111 111 111 255 Slaney Court Apts, Baltinglass 78 Rathmore Country...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2021, my Department published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a new International Protection Support Service. Please see this White Paper at the link provided. www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/214487/616c399b-b 2c2-4f6e-a42f-fb8108685465.pdf#page=null.

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of accommodation for people in international protection is not fit for purpose. That is why we are replacing it and we have set out how we are going to do that in the White Paper. We are ending direct provision. In designing the White Paper, we had the opportunity to see the first draft of the report of the Ombudsman for Children. It was very much reflected in how we designed the White...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: White Papers (25 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for raising this extremely important matter, which is close to my heart. We emphasised this matter when we brought forward the White Paper to end direct provision in February of last year. I will outline some of the achievements that have been made since the White Paper was published. We created a unit within my Department to implement the White Paper. We established...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: As Deputy Connolly knows, in February 2021, the Department published the White Paper to end direct provision and it contained three core themes: accommodation, integration and supports. Since the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions, more than 15,000 people have come to Ireland seeking international protection, and at the same time more than 84,000 people have fled from Ukraine, the vast...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of other Departments in terms of implementing the White Paper. It is made up of really eminent people, including Dr. Catherine Day, Dr. David Donoghue and Dr. Lorcan Sirr, experts in the area of direct provision, international human rights law and housing, all of whom are essential in terms of delivering this plan. The status of those three individuals will give real confidence in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman:  As the Deputy knows, on 26 February of this year I published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service. This document outlines the future system of accommodation and supports that will be offered to applicants for International Protection (also known as asylum-seekers) and will replace the current system (commonly known as...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...quality services for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and allowing Ireland to fulfil commitments to bring more unaccompanied minors from Lesbos to Ireland. A key priority for my Department will be to end direct provision. Doing so will take time. How we will achieve it will be set out in a White Paper the Government will publish by the end of the year. As ending...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (15 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as at 31 May there are 2,387 adults and 891 children, a total of 3,278, who have received leave to remain and continue to reside in direct provision. Please see below for a breakdown of these figures in the format as requested by the Deputy: Length of time with Status Number of People 1 year or less 2,754 1 to 2 years ...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...that is circulating on social media in regard to the mentioned facility. In response to this, staff from the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS), which manages the contract with the Direct Provision accommodation the referred to centre, visited the hotel on 3 November to investigate the matter, including a review of CCTV in the area, and did not find evidence that food...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (24 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in temporary accomodation premises in Co. Cavan, 61 people in Co. Meath and 183 people in Co. Monaghan. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government contains a commitment to ending the Direct Provision system and replacing it with a new International Protection accommodation policy centred on a not-for-profit approach. We have also committed to the development of a White...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...27/11/2022 17,648 In regard to the supports or assistance programmes, services or phonelines available to persons who have qualified for refugee status to help them move out of direct provision centres, I can confirm IPAS has a specific transition team who work in collaboration with Depaul Ireland, the Peter McVerry Trust (PMTV), officials in the Department of Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (25 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Refugee Protection Programme are accommodated in Emergency Reception and Orientation Centres (EROCs), where they are assisted in applying for Government supports, and not in IPAS Accommodation (Direct Provision). Many have already moved to accommodation in the community, often supported by Community Sponsorship groups. Those currently in EROCs are being assisted to move into accommodation...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes. The Minister's scheme is primarily for people who are undocumented but it has a secondary stream for people who have been in direct provision for a long time. They will be able to apply for regularisation. Obviously, 2,800 is approximately a quarter of 8,500 or thereabouts, but the scheme will address the needs of a significant number of people who, as the Deputy identified, have been...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to this important debate. Deputy Connolly listed out the range of individuals and groups that have contributed to the knowledge we have as an Oireachtas and a Government about the failures of direct provision. She is correct to acknowledge the work of the likes of Mr. Justice McMahon and his group, the previous Committee on Justice and Equality that launched its report, and all of those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (17 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to replace the current system of accommodation for international protection applicants with a new model based on a not-for-profit approach. As the Deputy knows, I published a White Paper on Ending Direct Provision in February last year. This White Paper outlines the new model of accommodation, particularly the supports that will be offered to applicants for international protection. It...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Contract values for the period from 2000 to 2018 are available on the IPAS website, www.gov.ie/en/publication/3eef8-contract-values/. The following table gives contract values on an annual basis for the direct provision accommodation centre to which the Deputy refers for the period from 2013 to 2018. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 ...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware I have now published the White Paper on ending the 'Direct Provision' system of accommodation and support services. The White Paper sets out a new Government policy to establish a new International Protection Support Service which I envision will be fully operational by December 2024. Currently there are 31 centres that can offer independent living with 12 of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (15 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in terms of allowing families to attain independence, privacy and develop a normal family life while within the system. These moves are in context of the wider Government commitment to end Direct Provision by the end of 2024 as set out in the “White Paper to End Direct Provision and to establish a new International Protection Support Service” that I published earlier this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (1 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...at Irish ports. Under the IRPP, eight young people were transferred to Ireland in 2020, and a further 29 arrived in 2021. The Deputy is seeking information on the numbers of SCSIP residing in direct provision centres and the numbers in foster care. As this is an operational matter for Tusla I have referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy....