Results 81-100 of 157 for "direct provision" speaker:David Stanton

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (21 Feb 2019)

David Stanton: ...King Thomond 115 113 Limerick Hanratty's 118 114 Mount Trenchard 85 83 Annual Costs Extensive and detailed information on the amount paid by my Department to each company contracted to provide direct provision accommodation every year up to and including 2015 can be found on the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) website www.ria.gov.ie under the 'Contract Values' section of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, I have strongly condemned the arson attacks on possible sites for direct provision centres which have damaged property and could have led to injury or loss of life for residents and staff.  Following the recent fires in Moville, Co. Donegal and Rooskey, Co. Leitrim, officials from the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) have been liaising with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Jun 2020)

David Stanton: ...circulated to members of both Houses of the Oireachtas. The Briefing Note includes a list of measures, identified so far, which would immediately improve the situation of those currently in Direct Provision, and on which officials of the Department have been asked to prepare proposals for the incoming Government. The work of the group is advancing at pace and their report is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Dec 2016)

David Stanton: ...are free to leave that accommodation at any time and many chose to do so. One of the key recommendations of the Report of the Working Group on Improvements to the protection process including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers was the introduction of a single application procedure in the protection process. The International Protection Act 2015 provides for such a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: ...allows the delivery of necessary supports and services to persons newly arrived in the state. The issuing of PPS numbers and medical cards allows persons seeking international protection to access direct provision allowances and medical supports once accommodated in a centre.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

David Stanton: The Deputy will be aware that the Direct Provision system is a whole of Government approach to the provision of supports and services to persons seeking international protection. These supports and services are delivered directly to persons in the protection process in the same manner as to other residents in Ireland by the relevant Government Department or Agency. For example education...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (15 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: The number of people employed in each direct provision accommodation centre is a matter for the contracted service provider. Such statistics are not maintained by my Department. As the Deputy may be aware, the agreed National Standards for accommodation offered to people in the protection process were published by my Department in August 2019. The Standards will apply to all service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...are safe and that guidelines on social distancing are observed. The direction from the HSE National Social Inclusion Office is that, during the COVID crisis, non-family members sharing a room in Direct Provision centres are considered to be a household. As such, they should implement social distancing measures from other households, i.e. residents in other rooms, and self-isolate if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (23 Feb 2017)

David Stanton: ...to residents and managers alike.I am delighted that this now gives effect to one of the key recommendations of the Report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and other supports for Asylum Seekers. The type of complaints that will be accepted will be those relating to the services provided to protection applicants in their State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Nov 2018)

David Stanton: Since 2015, this Government has transformed the system known as direct provision and will continue with this programme of reform. At a time of serious pressure in the accommodation market it is important to note that any person who presents himself or herself seeking international protection will immediately be offered shelter and a range of supports. Since Ireland opted into the...

Seanad: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

David Stanton: .... My officials and I met some of those involved with the initiative for quite some time in Dublin last week. Housing and accommodation are major issues. Senator Ó Clochartaigh spoke about direct provision. I am open to any suggestions he might have regarding an alternative that would work. If he has an alternative to direct provision, he should bring it on because I want to see in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2019)

David Stanton: The Report of the Working Group to Report to Government on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers, also known as the Justice McMahon Report, was published in June 2015. Its 173 recommendations have implications for a number of Government Departments and services. My Department has published three progress reports on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Sep 2018)

David Stanton: Funding for integration services provided within accommodation centres contracted as part of the direct provision system is not recorded as a separate item. However, under the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2014-2020, the EU Funds Unit of the Department of Justice and Equality is currently funding eight projects under the Asylum Specific Objective, with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Sep 2016)

David Stanton: It was with deep regret that I learned of the tragic incident to which the Deputy refers involving the death, in what appears to have been tragic circumstances, of a woman resident in a Direct Provision centre. The woman had been receiving support from the health services prior to her death. As the Deputy may be aware, health services to asylum seekers are 'mainstreamed' and health services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (18 Sep 2019)

David Stanton: ...their status in the State within this period, it is reasonable to allow them to access the labour market.  A High Level Interdepartmental Group has been established in my Department, chaired by one of our Deputy Secretary Generals, to review the Direct Provision system in its entirety, including the interaction between labour market participation and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jun 2020)

David Stanton: ...international protection process.  It builds on the work of the Working Group chaired by Judge Bryan McMahon. Their Report, published in June 2015, made substantive recommendations on improvements necessary within the international protection process and the Direct Provision reception system. Since then, significant improvements have been made to the system in recent...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

David Stanton: ...a shorter timeframe; to provide for the completion of the implementation of the recommendations of the working group report to the Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and other supports, which already addresses the position of international protection applicants who are the subject of this Bill; and in order to consider in detail any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (22 May 2019)

David Stanton: ...data the Deputy requires is detailed in the following table.  These figures relate to 17 May 2019. Age No. of RIA Applicants 19 104 18 58 17 52 16 91 15 59 The Deputy will be aware that the Direct Provision system is a whole of Government approach to the provision of supports and other services to persons seeking international protection. These supports and services are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: ...provided to RIA will be related to the person's needs and not their medical condition. For this reason RIA does not maintain statistics on the number of persons with a disability residing in direct provision accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (5 Mar 2020)

David Stanton: ....  During their stay in Balseskin, protection applicants are offered health screening and are processed for PPS numbers and medical cards.  The purpose of Balseskin is to provide a short orientation period before residents are accommodated in centres around the country. Balseskin plays a pivotal role in the direct provision process as it allows for the...