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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (15 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and it is difficult to accurately predict demand in advance. Due to an unexpected rise in applications (figures are up 53% in the first nine months of this year), the 38 existing accommodation...

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

David Stanton: The International Protection Procurement Services (IPPS) unit of my Department is responsible for the procurement of accommodation and ancillary services for persons in the protection process. This role of this unit was formerly incorporated in the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), which is now known as International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS). All accommodation centres...

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

David Stanton: The Deputy will be aware that in September 2015, as part of Ireland's response to the migration crisis in central and southern Europe, the Government established the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). Under this programme, the Government committed to accept up to 4,000 people into the State, primarily through a combination of the Relocation Programme established by two EU Council...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (10 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I can inform the Deputy that Ireland’s National Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) Programme was approved by the European Commission on 21 March 2016. The Funds Administration Unit in my Department has been designated as Ireland’s 'Responsible Authority' for the AMIF. The funding available to Ireland under the AMIF will be used over the lifetime of the Programme to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Seanad for supporting this Bill. The primary purpose of the legislation is to give effect to provisions of the EU Council Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA on the cross-border recognition of decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention. While the Bill is complex in drafting, it has a simple purpose, namely, to enable a person who is the subject of...

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I am pleased to address the House on Second Stage of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019. This Bill has its origin in a commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government to increase paid parental leave in the first year of a child's life. Senators may also be aware that a provision was included in the general scheme of the Bill to address the lacuna in the law whereby male...

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I heard what the Fianna Fáil Senator said with regard to the delay and I am sorry for the delay in presenting this Bill. We wanted to get it right. An important concern is the burden it places or may place on employers. A huge amount of work was done to get that right so it would not be challenged later on. I cannot emphasise enough the amount of work my officials put into this,...

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefits Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank colleagues in the House for their co-operation on this very important Bill, which will make a big difference for families and children. As we said, it introduces two weeks' paid benefit at a weekly rate of €245 for all employees and self-employed persons with sufficient PSRI contributions availing of parent's leave. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. I am advised that as of 29 September 2019, 7,462 persons were being provided with accommodation by the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. I am advised that as of 29 September 2019, 7,462 persons were being provided with accommodation by the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I am advised by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS, formally the Reception and Integration Agency), that the person referred to by the Deputy was initially accommodated in one of the emergency accommodation locations under contract to my Department. Accommodation in these locations is provided on a temporary basis until an applicant can be transferred to an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. I am advised that as of 29th September 2019, 7,462 persons were being provided with accommodation by the International...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: A new Anti-Racism Committee will be established later this year. This Committee will review and make recommendations on strengthening the Government’s approach to combating racism and building on the actions currently included in the Migrant Integration Strategy. The committee’s work will have two strands: i. a public sector strand to allow for more in-depth discussions of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: As I said earlier, the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy is the current strategy we are implementing, in partnership and in conjunction with representatives of the Traveller community who sit on the steering committee that I chair. They are doing amazing work and part of that work is identifying how we can recognise, strengthen and engage with the history, culture and heritage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I will be guided what he just said. I acknowledge that the Deputy opposite recognised the important work being done by the Minister for Education and Skills and the former Minister, Deputy Bruton, on Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018, which was produced by Senator Kelleher. That tries to recognise Traveller culture in our schools....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I agree that the task force report was a major accomplishment at the time. It differed from similar reports in preceding decades, which tended to see the issue as one of adapting Travellers to settled norms, and focused instead on the need to make specific provision for Travellers and target their requirements. I fully accept the report. It is the philosophy that continues to guide us...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I share the Deputy's concerns on these matters. I emphasise that the strategy is a living document. NTRIS is an inclusion strategy. It is not an integration strategy. There is a subtle difference. It runs until 2021 and includes 149 recommendations. Cultural identity is a big part of that, along with education, employment, health and accommodation. Those are the most important themes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I support the highlighting of the place of Traveller and Roma culture and history in Irish society. The primary mechanism for this is Traveller and Roma Pride Week. I recently opened the Traveller Pride Awards, a wonderful event that celebrates Traveller and Roma culture. This event marked the beginning of Traveller Pride Week. Action 1 of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Deputy for her question and her interest in this area. The report of the task force on the Travelling community, published in 1995, was a ground-breaking analysis of the needs of the Traveller community and made some valuable recommendations in a range of areas designed to improve the status of Travellers in Irish society. In 1998, a monitoring and co-ordination committee was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Deputy for his question. My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. Due to an unexpected rise in applications - figures have increased by 53% in the first nine...