Results 17,261-17,280 of 21,260 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: So, the Secretary General is satisfied that is the case. Has the Minister discussed this with the Secretary General?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: The second issue I wish to raise relates to separated children who have gone missing while in State care. Barnardos' figures reflect that 513 separated children -----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I have the 2011 figures from Barnardos indicating that of the 513 children who have gone missing while in State care, the whereabouts of 440 of them remain unknown. Would Mr. Purcell like to comment on that? Are those figures correct? This issue obviously relates to the asylum process.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: How many separated children have gone missing? How is it that according to Barnardos' 2011 figures some 440 of them are unaccounted for? Where are those children?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, but while the Secretary General is here, will he give me some response on this issue? This issue has been in the public domain, albeit intermittently. If that number of minors from other categories of society were on the missing list, I cannot imagine Mr. Purcell having to forage through papers to find information for detail on them.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Purcell should be able to tell me that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: This is obviously a matter for the HSE, but I think it is also a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality. These young people and children go missing, yet it does not seem to be a matter of concern for many. I would appreciate it if Mr. Purcell, as the top person in his Department, came back to us on this with all of the detail he has and the most up-to-date figures. I would...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am conscious of the forthcoming legislation which, I understand, is to streamline and increase the efficiency of the process which would be welcome. Outside of that, is the Secretary General saying the Department has not taken any other initiatives and that nothing else has been done to pave the way for an end to direct provision? He will be aware that a clear commitment was made.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Let me put the question in a slightly different way. Even with a new legislative framework that is working to its absolute optimum, there will be circumstances where there will be a lag, some form of delay, after an application is made and the time required to process it. That can vary depending on the specifics of the case. Am I correct in saying that a system other than direct provision...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: It is not the Secretary General's understanding that the objective is to wind down the system of direct provision.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: The commitment from Government is very clear. The direct provision is identified as problematic as a place of detention for people in the asylum process. We all know the new legislation is on the way. When the new legislative mechanisms are in place and assuming they work well and efficiently, what is the alternative system other than direct provision that will be in place for persons who...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Secretary General explored what that other system outside direct provision might be?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: What efforts has the Department made to map out alternative provision models?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Minister asked the Secretary General to do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Minister asked the officials in the Department to look at the alternative models to direct provision?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: The officials have not been asked to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: That is strange because it is certainly something that Government backbenchers assume is on the agenda for change. I am really disappointed to hear that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I hear the point about the legislation and I understand that the legislation if it is more efficient will reduce the numbers in direct provision. I have heard that but I am asking a different question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: There will always be people in the system. My question is whether the State envisages a new system other than direct provision for providing for these people while their applications are in process. The Secretary General is telling me that he has not been asked to look at that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Secretary General's understanding of the programme for Government commitments around direct provision?