Results 121-140 of 920 for "direct provision"

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (5 Jul 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...they will still not have the right to work. That is significant. The other point is that a lack of a right to work, and we must not lose sight of this, was a denial of the dignity of residents in direct provision centres and asylum seekers. That was a major criticism of the direct provision regime but it was not the only denial of dignity within that regime by any means. The Government...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (22 Nov 2011) See 3 other results from this answer

Alan Shatter: The accommodation of asylum seekers through the direct provision system is the responsibility of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. As of today, RIA has 39 asylum seeker accommodation centres throughout the country. The system is a constantly evolving one, taking account of the declining number of residents and of the financial resources available to RIA. At the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Protection seekers are offered accommodation under the system of direct provision operated by the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department of Justice and Equality. Those who accept direct provision are provided with accommodation, food and health services together with other facilities and services designed to ensure their needs are met while seeking the protection of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Ombudsman (26 Sep 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

...68 year olds with similar disabilities, backgrounds, conditions and so on but only one of whom had the allowance and the other had not. Obviously, that would be deemed to be unfair. Regarding the direct provision, I wrote quite a lengthy article for Studies magazine during the summer, a copy of which is on my website, in which I explored the direct provision issue. This arose from a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: This is the first time in the 11 years I have been in the House that there has been no other Deputy present to ask a Minister a parliamentary question. The Minister will agree with me that the direct provision system has been a disaster. In a country that looks back continuously at wrongs the State has done, the fact that the direct provision system is currently still functioning is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) transferred to my Department on 14 October 2020. However, the Government decision to commence Direct Provision dates back to 1999. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform had responsibility at that time for the international protection process in Ireland and in 2001 set up an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Nick Henderson: There are 34 centres. In our experience, there is a wide range of types of management from good to bad to sometimes very bad. One of the critical problems we have with direct provision is the lack of vacancies. There is something like only 49 free beds across the entire direct provision estate. The effect of that is a severe pressure on vacancies and hence pressure on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am looking for similar information with regard to direct provision. It is slightly different with direct provision. If someone was a victim of domestic abuse, would that complaint have to be made directly to the manager of the centre before it could go to the Ombudsman or An Garda Síochána? I would be happy if I could get a note about the complaints procedures for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla did not recognise the inherent vulnerability of minors in the international protection process and failed to make reasonable adjustments, which would give the children in direct...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If you listen you might understand what it is all about. We tabled an amendment that was ruled out of order but it was a serious amendment on children and direct provision. We had a debate in the House in recent weeks on direct provision in which Senators from all parties agreed that the direct provision system should be reformed. The Minister is not yet of the same mind but there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that, in my opinion, the lives of children living in Direct Provision improved significantly when it was confirmed that the Ombudsman for Children had remit to receive complaints from them and on their behalf. Even if no complaint is ever made, the ability to make a complaint to the Ombudsman or Ombudsman for Children is a key right of a child or a parent in respect...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We are dealing with two separate issues if we are talking about the Bill and the direct provision system. Approximately half of the people here seeking asylum are in direct provision and half are not. There are approximately 4,500 people in direct provision and a similar number are not. Members know the working group was established 18 months ago and it reported earlier this year. A...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (8 Oct 2008) See 4 other results from this answer

Denis Naughten: ...for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers or people awaiting decisions from his Department on leave to remain or subsidiary protection cases who have been expelled from direct provision accommodation in each of the past 18 months; the reason for the Reception and Integration Agency withdrawing accommodation from an asylum seeker; the avenues for appeal available to...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 42: In page 13, line 20, to delete “application.”.” and substitute the following: “application. (10) A person living in direct provision who has qualified and practiced as a dentist outside of this jurisdiction may also apply for registration.”.”. These amendments all have effectively the same purpose, namely, that for...

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) See 6 other results from this debate

Mr. Brian Purcell: We did the value for money report and it indicated there was no way we could introduce a system that could be run more cost effectively. My recollection is that direct provision costs the State one third less than it would cost another system to deliver. As Accounting Officer for the Department of Justice and Equality, I know that if all the direct provision costs in my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (15 Nov 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to inform the Deputy that Direct Provision comes under the policy remit of my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. The matter to which the Deputy refers is more appropriately directed to that Department. Children living in Direct Provision are in the care and custody of their parents. With the introduction of mandatory reporting under Children First, Direct Provision...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I raise the issue of the system that is broken. Lalini Veerassamy, chief of mission of the International Organisation for Migration in Ireland, said direct provision is not bad but she believes standards can be improved. Direct provision is what we have but it is not good enough. It is not right at all. It might be good enough as a first port but it cannot be a forever home. To read...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the operation of the system of direct provision. There are currently 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA, providing accommodation and ancillary services to 4,300 persons, a decrease of 39% since the end of 2008. The operation of the direct provision system is kept under review. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Victor Boyhan: ...to us as the people in opposition. We are now more in demand and we have the important job of scrutinising every single line of every piece of legislation. I, too, wish to raise the issue of direct provision. I do not know if anyone had an opportunity this morning to listen to the Ombudsman for Children or read the newspapers to hear or read the harrowing commentary from a survey that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...who are not receiving adequate care or protection.  The Agency is obliged to provide care for these children for as long as their welfare requires it. It should be noted that children living in direct provision are in the care of their parent(s).  My colleague, the Minister of Justice and Equality has responsibility for the direct provision service, which is...