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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: There is no efficient system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: What about international protection applicants?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: The rules are not enforced.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Rules are only as good as their enforcement.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to publish the revised White Paper on ending direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9686/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: We need a fair, efficient and enforced immigration system. On the Government's watch, it has failed on all three of those counts and probably no more so than with the failure to tackle the issue of direct provision in a policy that was laid out in 2020. There has been some chatter and commentary about a revision of the ending of direct relation. In November, it was said that a memorandum...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I thank the Minister for that. Unfortunately, however, there is no clarity. Assurances were given as far back as November that an updated or revised memo on the White Paper would be produced and given to Cabinet within weeks of that. We are now in March and the Minister is failing to address the elephant in the room that is the war profiteering by many speculators right across the State....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I thank the Minister for his reply. Unfortunately, he failed to answer the specific question. He stated that his Department met Fáilte Ireland regularly, but he did not address the serious issues facing communities across the State. For example, more than 100 Ukrainians have been placed in Carnew in my constituency of Wicklow, but there is only a part-time GP service with waiting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: The approach taken by the Department and the Government has failed utterly and seems to be led by speculators making millions of euro from the process. It does not take into consideration the needs of communities on which additional pressures have been placed. Many Ministers have given false promises in this Chamber. For example, additional services were promised when Syrian refugees first...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of what audits are being carried out in areas where his Department has taken the decision to place refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9685/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Due to Government failure to ensure proper amenities and services are put in place, many communities right across the State are under huge pressure. What audits are carried out of community services and amenities by the Minister, his Department or other Departments before the placement of refugees or asylum seekers in a particular area?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Collection (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason motorists are being charged a premium for paying their motor tax in quarterly or half-yearly instalments; if this is a matter his Department could review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9768/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to review the energy credits for properties that were vacant or had low usage; if his attention has been drawn to the fact a lot of vulnerable people were unable to qualify for the energy credit after receiving an offer of social housing from their local authority as some local authority homes were...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to open up a further NCT testing centre in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8647/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to implementing a further driving testing centre in Wicklow taking into consideration the increasing demand and waiting list timeframes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Protection (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a property (details supplied) will be used by his Department for beneficiaries of temporary protection under the emergency refurbishment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8997/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for international protection applicants; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in direct provision centres, broken down by centre, in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres, broken down by centre, in County Wicklow, after their leave to remain has been granted, for the most recent date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9292/24]