Results 81-100 of 3,491 for "direct provision"

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...

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...