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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 685. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in Direct Provision in Ireland; and the number who are children. [54774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have been granted refugee status and remain resident in direct provision centres; and the number of these individuals who have been relocated to another direct provision centre since receiving refugee status. [55182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 716. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of those residing in direct provision have deportation orders against them. [55400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...recorded by his Department as being resident in accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service; the number of whom are children, including people who are resident in direct provision centres and in temporary accommodation in hotels and guesthouses, broken down by their length of stay, and whether they are an adult or a child, in tabular form. [55436/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 721. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision centres in the State who have qualified for refugee status but continue to reside in direct provision centres. [55437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Dec 2023)

Alan Dillon: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 28 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of each of the nine locations providing emergency and permanent accommodation in County Mayo; the type of accommodation facilities in the emergency settings; and a breakdown of the number at each location. [54304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: White Papers (7 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Holly Cairns: 297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the implementation of the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision; and the estimated timeframe for ending direct provision. [54315/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Helen McEntee: ...said that was going to happen. That was an awful tragedy. I spoke to the Garda Commissioner throughout the day. They were concerned about the potential for trouble. There is a large number of direct provision centres and accommodation in the area. We had to make sure those people were protected. A huge amount of work was done. We should not focus only on what happened in the riots....

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...not about race. I find it interesting that one of the "concerns" highlighted in the motion is the findings of the Ombudsman for Children's special report on the safety and welfare of children in direct provision, given that not a single one of the six Rural Independent Group TDs showed up to the debate on the motion I brought forward on that report last Thursday evening, for which the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...decent people would expect refugees to be treated but treating people who are coming from other conflicts, such as in Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan, in a completely inhumane way, by putting people into direct provision, at best, and putting them onto the streets, where they are vulnerable to being attacked by people whipped up by the far right, at worst.

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Robert Troy: In the programme for Government a commitment was given to end direct provision during the lifetime of this Government. Obviously, that commitment was made before the Ukrainian war and is not something we will be able to achieve. It is very important, however, that the State provides shelter that is safe, secure and warm for people seeking international protection. In light of the fact that...

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023) See 7 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...White Paper will be published and when we can expect a new White Paper that will guide what we are looking at for the future because that is vitally important. Years ago, I was involved in the direct provision centre that was provided in Donegal town in 2000. I was involved in a support group for that there and it worked well. There were actually children in that direct provision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2021, my Department published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a new International Protection Support Service. Please see this White Paper at the link provided. www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/214487/616c399b-b 2c2-4f6e-a42f-fb8108685465.pdf#page=null.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: ...smashed. In Finglas, a building earmarked for refugee accommodation was set ablaze in a petrol bomb attack. The Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland said there is fear and confusion in many direct provision centres. If people living in buildings with locked doors and security staff are feeling fearful, what will it be like for an asylum seeker who is forced to sleep rough on the...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...the same passion and outrage when it comes to the housing, health, education and poverty crises? Other policies which I see as violent and not safe include austerity, children being raised in hotels, direct provision, our drug laws, the State oppression of Travellers, underfunding of mental health, prison, the guards not answering calls from domestic violence victims, treatment of single...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...on the way. It is a source of recurring frustration, particularly given that on my count there are four different streams of school transport, between the transport for Ukrainian students, those in direct provision centres, special education and the general school transport system. I hope the review includes some sort of streamlining of that so that we are getting the best bang for our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

...is phenomenal. A significant communication campaign is definitely required with the contractors going forward. We are working through on that. We are also campaigning at the moment on our own direct provision. We have been trying to recruit people who are B class licence holders and to convert them into D class licence holders. That is an extensive campaign. This year alone, we have...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: ...immigrants, people of colour and anti-racists in the general community is one of growing danger. It has been building for years. We saw it on Sandwith Street and have seen it all year round outside direct provision centres. We needed to act five years ago but absolutely need to act now. The far-right actors who are committing and inciting acts of violent disruption need to be dealt...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: First Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ..., men and women in religious emergency hostels not receiving any State funding, men, women and children who have been through the asylum system but granted leave to remain and are now trapped in direct provision, effectively using it as a form of emergency accommodation, or indeed the unknown number of people sofa surfing or living in inappropriate and inadequate accommodation. A similar...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ..., to adjourn either at 6.15 p.m. or after 3 hrs 1 min, whichever is the later). Thursday evening business shall be the Motion re Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children entitled "Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision". Proposed Arrangements for this week's business: In relation to Tuesday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as...