Results 261-280 of 294 for "direct provision" speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (11 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...centres. This Freephone confidential support helpline is operated by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). 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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (11 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...a White Paper on International Protection that will set out a new model for accommodation for those seeking International Protection in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to abolish Direct Provision. The issue of health supports for vulnerable residents will be considered in this context.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: International Protection (4 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in the International Protection Process. The report had been submitted to Government the previous day and the Government accepted the Advisory Group’s conclusion that the current system of Direct Provision is not fit for purpose and must be replaced. The Programme for Government contains a committment to ending the Direct Provision system and replacing it with a new...

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: ...have a final transfer date in quarter 1 of 2021. In the interim, the Minister for Health retains statutory responsibility for disability matters. As the committee will be aware, the programme for Government commits to ending direct provision within the lifetime of the Government and replacing it with a new system of international protection accommodation centred on a not-for-profit...

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: ...am also open to bringing in expert advice to give some guidance to the Department. My understanding of the optional protocol referred to by Senator Ruane is that it does not apply in the case of direct provision centres because they are not considered to be places of detention. I can come back to the Senator on that particular point. As to the involvement of any specific organisation...

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: ...of next year and I hope that in budget 2021 we can start to take steps to continue to support our childcare services with greater investment and more targeted investment. I take on board the Senator's point on direct provision. Human rights will be absolutely central to the provision of a new model of accommodation. I agree that the solution to accommodating people in international...

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: ...the archive is a step forward, the information and tracing legislation that provides clear legislative pathways to addressing these problems is absolutely essential. I welcome the Deputy's comments on direct provision. I acknowledge the work he and teachers all over the country do in supporting young people in direct provision by going to local schools and helping the elements of...

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 and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...by the State. The increased funding, €145 million over what was provided in 2020, will enable my Department to begin the process of implementing the Programme for Government commitment to end the Direct Provision system and to plan for the transition to an alternative model of provision. The process of moving to a new system will take time and is complex. The change...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Tests (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...among residents and staff. The serial testing programme was an additional public health measure, recommended by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) to safeguard residents and staff in Direct Provision Centres. Testing covered residents and staff in accommodation centres (both permanent and temporary) and in Emergency Reception and Orientation Centres (EROCs). Each resident...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is my intention is to publish a White Paper, by the end of this year, which will set out a replacement structure to the Direct Provision system and the steps to achieving it. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to end the current system of Direct Provision within the lifetime of the Government and to replace it with a new international protection accommodation policy,...

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...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...get a scribbled note correcting that figure, but it is around that. As the members know, the programme for Government contains significant commitments in some of those areas, particularly the area of direct provision and international protection. We look forward to expanding those budget lines in order that we can deliver on the White Paper that will be coming at the end of the year. The...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...weeks ago and we started discussing the initial steps towards drafting the new process. We want to include the Department's initial set of new responsibilities because some of the issues to do with direct provision, LGBTI+ and Traveller and Roma communities could feed into the new BOBF strategy. I am looking forward to having the new strategy published next year. I also hope to have the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...scheme, EWSS, and so on. Hopefully that sort of financial support will not be required post-Covid. However, the provision of support for victims of domestic violence, family resource centres, and direct provision, which is outside of today's Vote, are areas in which Covid has lain bare the cracks in the system. In those areas, I would be cognisant of what we have learned from the Covid...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., were engaging with me significantly on the issue as well and we did get a good outcome there. However the Deputy is absolutely right that Cahersiveen is one example of the wider failings of the direct provision process that have been brought to light in the context of Covid. What the Government is seeking to do is set out clearly in the programme for Government. We are going to end...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... There is a need for a White Paper because it is an overarching issue and the solutions are across a wide range of issues. The programme for Government does not discuss the accommodation side of direct provision alone. It looks at the entire international protection process and how that might be speeded up, it looks at the conditions residents are living in, it looks at the provision...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: On the housing side of this issue, I have spoken to a number of housing NGOs. As it is not yet within my remit, I have not started engaging with the NGOs representing those within direct provision but I will do so as soon as I get those functions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and I met the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Helen McEntee, and her officials early in the process to prepare for the transfer of functions to my Department, including those relating to direct provision. We have maintained regular contact on the matter since then. In addition, I have made contact with some officials who will be transferring from the Department of Justice and...