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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open a secondary school in the Togher and Lehenaghmore area of County Cork. [24465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has had ongoing issues regarding maintenance; if he has engaged with the school; and if this issue will be resolved as soon as possible. [24485/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Deputy O'Callaghan is under time pressure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe go leir as a bheith anseo. Bhí an díospóireacht an-luachmhar. I thank all the witnesses for being before us. I very much agree with the criticism they have made. We have had this debate over recent weeks, including with Mr. Justice McMahon. While there may be points to incremental improvements, fundamentally direct provision is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with much of what Dr. Thornton said. It follows on from a previous point. Applying for the mainstream system and having specific accommodation for people who are applying for international protection are not mutually exclusive. The way the system is at present, unfortunately, for the entire population, a single applicant for housing would be in line for 11 or 12 years on a local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree 100%. The scale is becoming quite large. It is an emerging issue and potentially an emerging scandal. I have two more questions, related partly to what we are talking about and partly to direct provision generally. Inspection and the ability to have oversight of what is happening in centres were raised. When the State approves the optional protocol to the convention against...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Administrative Costs (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new front-line gardaí. [23257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Administrative Costs (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new administration staff in An Garda Síochána. [23258/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the Courts Service annual funding by 5%. [23259/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing ten new Garda youth diversion projects; and the estimated full-year cost of running these projects. [23260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Staff (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork. [24177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Staff (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork who have retired in the past three years; if they have been replaced; and if not, when they will be replaced. [24178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Staff (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork in each of the past ten years. [24179/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Data (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists; the number of appointments carried out; and the number of procedures carried out under the school dentistry programme in each of the past ten years. [24180/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the delegates for coming and their very helpful contributions. It is vital that we hear not only from organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees but also from people with direct experience of the direct provision system. People seeking asylum in Ireland do so with international protection. Sometimes it is lost in the debate that they are here because they are fleeing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to thank Mr. Bulelani Mfaco and Ms Tina Ndlovu. I am grateful to them for sharing the reasons they sought asylum. I think it is important because sometimes the debate around this issue neglects the fact that people have come here after fleeing persecution, oppression and violence. It can be forgotten that people have suffered from trauma that most of us present can only begin to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Absolutely. I thank our guests for their helpful and thought-provoking contributions. I had intended to ask a number of questions, but I will let them be for now because some of the witnesses' observations have clarified matters. I agree that direct provision is not fit for purpose. It is not a fit place to raise children. It is not a fit place for anyone to live. During previous...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of temporary accommodation centres for asylum seekers nationally; the criteria and regulations in relation to the granting of contracts for temporary accommodation centres; the location and number of residents in these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22551/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the speakers for their attendance. I hope this is the start of a valuable process that will allow us to consider where there have been failings and how we can map a better system. I would like to think - I think many other members of the committee agree - that in the long run there will be a radically transformed system. There have been significant failings in the direct provision...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How are people usually recorded if they qualify in both categories?