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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: ...by the Department. Why is it under review? What will be published and what will be amended in that report before publication? While I welcome the programme for Government statement on ending direct provision, has the Government just put a fancy new name on it with "international protection accommodation"? There are currently 7,000 people in direct provision accommodation and 30% of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (31 May 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for the most recent figures available for people in direct provision, including the number of children; the average period of time asylum seekers are in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; the amount it costs per annum to keep a person in direct provision; if she has considered allowing asylum seekers to work, pending a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: ...granted permission in 2012 compared with a European average of 27%. The former Irish Ombudsman and now the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, raised concerns about the safety of children living in direct provision, and she noted the very unsuitable conditions in which they were living. Considering direct provision has no legislative basis, can Mr. Purcell provide us with an update on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Sep 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: 636. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding direct provision; the number of persons in direct provision in 2014; the number that are children; the way in which these numbers compare with the numbers in the previous nine years; if she will provide a breakdown for the past ten years of the number of persons in direct provision that have been granted asylum, given...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: This is Ireland in 2019; this is direct provision. Direct provision is parents sharing bedrooms with their children, it is kitchens running out of food and it is hotel signs stating, “Use the back stairs and do not enter public areas." This is Ireland; this is 2019. To say direct provision is appalling, or to say that it is a disgraceful way to treat human beings, does not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, said yesterday that people granted refugee status who are still living in direct provision accommodation should have to pay rent. I am sure the Taoiseach has visited direct provision centres and I am sure he will agree that we are not talking about luxury penthouse suites, detached houses, nice apartments or...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: ...a handout. Four weeks ago, after enduring six tortuous and isolated months at the centre, gardaí were called to the centre to investigate the suicide of the very same young Korean mother. This is the direct provision system in Ireland in 2016. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the secretary of the Kinsale Road Accommodation Centre Action Committee, Mr. Mahmud, publicly stated the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Migrant Crisis: Discussion (30 Sep 2015)

Mr. Michael Kirrane: The working group on direct provision produced a report which identified a number of recommendations, which are being examined by the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy. Specifically, a task force has been established, chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin to examine the issue of transiting those who have been granted refugee or other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

...documents obtained in a freedom of information request in 2008 that refer to a man who had a child with a woman and whose child was considered Irish because the woman was Irish. The man was in a direct provision centre and he asked whether he could be moved to a direct provision centre closer to his girlfriend and child. The case was referred to in the body of the email as another...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Séamus Brennan: ...social welfare system or otherwise, the relevant legislation requires that this be taken into account in determining the amount of assistance payable. Asylum seekers who are catered for under the direct provision system operated by the Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities such...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 May 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision. Asylum seekers in direct provision avail of free full board accommodation with no utility or other costs associated with that accommodation. This cohort would include a number of persons who have made applications for leave to remain...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. I am aware of the NASC publication earlier this year...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (1 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of direct provision, operated by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities and services. My Department administers the daily expenses allowance, which is paid to protection applicants who live in the direct provision system,...

Seanad: Migrant Integration Strategy: Statements (16 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...xe9;anta acu. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.There has been a little bit of political light-footedness on this issue. We were actually calling for a debate around the International Protection Act 2015, its implementation and direct provision. Certainly, the integration strategy is very welcome. It is a very laudable strategy and I welcome it. There are some...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Aideen Hayden: However, we will have the debate later this afternoon. I wish to praise the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, for raising the plight of asylum seekers in direct provision. I and colleagues on the Opposition benches have raised the matter as well. Unfortunately, to date, we have seen no positive action in this area. Others have also commented on this appalling situation, for example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Ms Oonagh Buckley: That is a very valid question. As I have made clear from the start of our presentation, emergency accommodation is not of the same standard as the direct provision centres. We cannot impose the standards we require of direct provision providers on hotels and guest houses, which is where emergency accommodation is provided. We are trying to make sure, therefore, that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy and share her sentiments. Direct provision is far from ideal but we will never be in a position, nor will any other country, to provide a house or an apartment to everyone who comes into the country as an asylum seeker. That is just not possible and no country does that. The sad reality is that the alternative to direct provision is what happens in France, Germany,...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...and I will make a statement within which there will be a few questions the answers to which I am happy to take in writing. We have been raising the question of the treatment of residents in direct provision for a month now and I want to repeat that I believe this Government has failed miserably to protect the rights of our most vulnerable during this Covid-19 crisis. I believe that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (20 Sep 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care or protection. In some circumstances a person seeking refugee in this country, with their children, may avail of the Direct Provision system, while their application is being considered. Children living in Direct Provision are provided with welfare supports as required. Direct Provision Centre managers...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) carried out an inspection of Tusla’s management of child protection and welfare referrals for children living in direct provision. The direct provision system comes under the aegis of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), as part of the remit of the Minister for Justice and Equality. HIQA reviewed all referrals to Tusla...