Results 101-120 of 3,504 for "direct provision"

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...analysis of the market for data on the non-profit sector. This report examined, inter alia, issues around the demand for the data concerned; methodologies and technologies used; the potential for direct provision by the State of these services itself, and; the maturity of the market to provide these services efficiently. On foot of this report, a review was undertaken in 2020 which found...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 464, 465, 467, 468 and 469 of 14 November 2023, the expected total maximum occupancy of the 37 properties referenced once they are fully operational; and by what date they are expected to become operational. [52060/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (28 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in County Mayo currently in the direct provision system; to list the type of accommodation international protection applicants are being housed in; the length of time spent by international protection applicants in these accommodation types; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (23 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... In total, 20 consultations with 14,567 children and young people aged between 5 and 26. Children and young people shared their experiences of specific services such as the child care system, adoption regulation, direct provision, and the Garda Youth Diversion Projects. In March 2023 my Department supported the Department of Education, in establishing a dedicated unit, the Student...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people currently in the direct provision system in accommodation across County Tipperary, by location; to list the type of accommodation IPAs are being housed in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51280/23]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...Government thinking? Is it listening to the people on the ground? There are over 13,000 people homeless and 97,171 on the local authority housing lists, some waiting over 15 years. We have 25,000 in direct provision centres. I know of one man who is in there for 17 years. Where are the own-doors for all these people? We have family homes overcrowded with second generations living in...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (14 Nov 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: ...matters: Senator Aidan Davitt - The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to make a statement on the total annual expenditure in the operation of direct provision and related services and supports; and the total expenditure to date in the provision of accommodation, supports and services for refugees following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many months the current longest international protection applicant has been in direct provision awaiting a decision on their application; if he can provide this response in terms of number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost, broken into current and capital, of ending direct provision. [49884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people currently in the direct provision system; to list the type of accommodation IPAs are being housed in; the length of time spent by IPAs in these accommodation types; to provide those figures in increments of three months and based on accommodation types; and if he will make a statement on...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: It clearly gets rid of a requirement for trafficked persons to enter direct provision and that is why we are pressing the amendment. As regards amendment No. 16, which is in the name of Deputy Pringle, it allows access for an immigration permission for trafficked person because people who are trafficked are less likely to come forward as they fear deportation. We support that. I am sorry...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (8 Nov 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in the Middle East and elsewhere. Senator Aidan Davitt – The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to make a statement on the total annual expenditure in the operation of direct provision and related services and supports, and the total expenditure to date in the provision of accommodation, supports and services for refugees following...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to ensure continuity. I ask for an assurance that we do not see a closure of the service and that a new owner can keep it open after taking over. In addition, the State has to be open to the direct provision of childcare. We believe, and I think it is the Minister's philosophy as well, that childcare is a public good so the State has to be willing to open places itself. That is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Safety (7 Nov 2023)

John Brady: The Minister will be aware that the Ombudsman for Children published a report last month which cites concerns that children in direct provision and other forms of accommodation are not safe. He wrote: “How we treat children coming to this country will be a defining issue of our generation, and as things stand, history will not judge us well.” While I welcome the measures in...

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

...the needs of those seeking international protection and Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection. It is imperative to act upon recommendation 63 of Sharing the Vision and ensure that persons in direct provision services and refugees arriving under the Irish refugee protection programme have access to appropriate tiered mental health services through primary care and specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...from 2017-2019. In the context of the increasing international protection (IP) numbers since January 2022, there is a recognition that the underlying assumptions on which the White Paper to end Direct Provision and Establish a new International Protection Support Service was based need to be re-examined, as the assumptions underpinning it are based on 3,500 new arrivals each year....

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

Catherine Connolly: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the implementation of each of the three recommendations in the special report by the Ombudsman for Children, “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” (October 2023); the timeline for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: White Papers (7 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Ivana Bacik: 973. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the implementation of the White Paper on ending Direct Provision. [47281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...my Department is working to procure new accommodation, and transition current residents from EACs to more permanent accommodation within the portfolio. The commitments made in A White Paper to end Direct Provision and Establish a new International Protection Support Service are still a key priority for my Department. The implementation of the White paper has been significantly impacted by...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 1002. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status or leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they would have to leave the direct provision centre or be moved to another centre; the number of such letters issued to date; the criteria for issuing such letters; the...