Results 121-140 of 200 for "direct provision" speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Earlier this year, I published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service. Since then my Department has taken a series of steps to implement these reforms, with a view to completing them by the end of 2024.  A staff team has been established in my Department to lead the transition to the new model. Ending Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142, 160, 172 and 176 together. This Government is committed to ending Direct Provision and replacing it with a new International Protection Support Service that has respect for human rights at its core. Almost one year ago, I published a White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Servicesetting out how we...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...but in some cases, where individuals have more complex needs, this may lead to a longer term stay. The Deputy will be aware that my officials are working to implement the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service which envisages the implementation of a new model of accommodation and related support for applicants for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 44, 74, 77 and 82 together. Earlier this year, I published a White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new international protection support service. Since then, my Department has taken a series of steps to implement these reforms, with a view to completing them by the end of 2024. A staff team has been established in my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and integration of persons seeking international protection. It is intended that the resources provided will be allocated to the following main areas on Vote 40: - €878m for Tusla in 2021 - €225m for Direct Provision - €638m for Childcare Schemes and Programmes - €70m to Youth Services. The 2021 allocation will also provide for €5m for Traveller and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: First, I recognise the amazing work the community in Clondalkin has done in terms of supporting integration and integrating with people who are in direct provision there. We provide those supports. We have a staff member from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, DRHE, seconded to our Department who works as a key worker for people in international protection to assist them in moving on....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jul 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In February 2021 my Department published the White Paper to End Direct Provision. The White Paper 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. At the same time, more than 84,000 people have fled from Ukraine, the vast majority of...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...we will initially bring forward a revised implementation plan to the programme board and will subsequently publish it later in the summer. The implementation of the White Paper on the ending of direct provision is a priority for me. It is an absolute priority for the Government. We have the commitment to the provision of resources to undertake that, but we must also respond to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...not do otherwise. If there is a situation involving a young person whose needs far outstrip the capacity of a foster family, we have to put in place that level of care. The Senator referred to direct provision. This cannot, and will not, be simply a name change. It is a complete approach to how we treat people in the international protection process while they are waiting for a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Jan 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 575 and 576 together. 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Protection (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Earlier this year, I published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service.As outlined in the Programme for Government, the recommendations of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, which was chaired by Dr Catherine Day, fed directly into the...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...protection applications, I will be engaging with the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, on them later this week. The point has been made by me, by NGOs and, in particular, by people living in direct provision that it is only by getting the processing times directly shortened that we can have real success in terms of the implementation of the White Paper. I will be working on that...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: 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. 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...

European Union Regulation: Motion (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Lebanon, transport for beneficiaries and the integration of beneficiaries here in Ireland. In 2019, the HSE received a direct award of €990,000 to fund the Safetynet project. This is a mobile health screening service which visits direct provision centres to provide medical screening to asylum seekers. Under AMIF rules, my Department has also availed of a technical assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: White Papers Publication (16 Dec 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: 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. 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: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...protection. E04: International Protection Accommodation Services To meet accommodation costs and other supports for international protection applicants and for the implementation of the White Paper to end Direct provision. 6,000,000 01/12/2022 C08: Response to Legacy of Mother and Baby Institutions To meet costs associated with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (5 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 438, 439 and 442 together. My Department welcomes the Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” and accepts its recommendations in full. The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of my Department has embarked upon a series of actions, planned for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (19 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...system of accommodation for International Protection applicants and replace it with a new model that is based 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. This paper sets out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: 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. 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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...as someone who has been involved in local authorities, the Deputy will know how difficult that is but I am committed to doing everything that I and my Department can do to ensure we have phased out direct provision by the end of 2024.