Results 1-20 of 30 for "direct provision" speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (30 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of direct provision centres currently available and inhabited throughout the country; the extent to which he and his Department continue to endeavour to meet the needs of those for whom such centres were provided initially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26388/23]

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...a bit of inflation is good; a bit of everything is good, but not an overdose of it. We need to be cautious of it and the impact it is likely to have on our way of life. Reference has been made to direct provision. The payment is small and could do with further attention but it is a place to be. When places to be are difficult and scarce, we are right to provide something. It may be...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (3 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...of the national Tidy Towns competition; (8) Deputy Paul McAuliffe - to discuss bus capacity in Dublin city during level 5 restrictions; (9) Deputy Joe Flaherty - to discuss the recent notice served on those in direct provision with five days' notice to leave the State; (10) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss updated criteria for the primary staffing appeals board to include Covid-19...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Issues (20 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...identified any particular issues pertaining to the Traveller or Roma community, such as lack of education leading to ongoing equality later in life, asylum seekers and refugees awaiting status or in direct provision, related not to the standard of accommodation but to their particular status and does he foresee ways and means of intervening in a positive way?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provisions are in place or are being negotiated to improve living conditions at the various direct provision sites where it has not been possible to upgrade the facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23238/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...in favour of what might be in their interests or the interests of those around them. That is one question. My other question relates to the point that has just been raised in the context of direct provision. I have with the cases of many people in direct provision over a long number of years. This issue has come to the fore in recent times. The Legislature may well decide on...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...in Kerry which lack sewerage facilities; (17) Deputies Paul Murphy, Mick Barry, Catherine Connolly and Thomas Pringle - to discuss asylum seeker conditions and the hunger strike by residents of the Skellig Star direct provision centre in Caherciveen; (18) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans to support workers at Aer Lingus;...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...on that. It could happen anywhere. We all know people who say "I am not a racist, but..." even in our own society. The "but" is what alerts me to what might follow. Time and attention have been given to direct provision in recent times, which is as it should be. Many efforts have been made to provide adequate direct provision and accommodation for refugees, as it should be. Those...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...health centre and the provision of a dental clinic; (9) Deputies Thomas Byrne, Fiona O'Loughlin, Anne Rabbitte and Jim O'Callaghan - to discuss the need to provide education to children in a direct provision centre in Carrickmacross; (10) Deputies Mattie McGrath, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae and Michael Collins - an update on the work of the beef task force and the implementation of...

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

Bernard Durkan: ...to speak in this very important debate at this crucial time. Like many in this House, I have been dealing with immigrants for at least 20 years now. We came through the original phases of direct provision accommodation which, unfortunately, were not even up to the standards we have now; they were worse and there was much more serious overcrowding. We have an obligation to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (5 Jul 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he remains satisfied with the quality and standard of accommodation available to refugees and asylum seekers through the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees or asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their residency and remaining in direct provision facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can be re-accommodated in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48660/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...services, it will create further problems. I was involved in the provision of services previously in the old nursing homes, old hospitals, district hospitals, etc. This was before there was any direct provision for the private nursing homes. There was a considerable controversy over the old age pension. It was ceded to the hospital or nursing home, generating much criticism. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...justifying their existence, before they get an answer to their questions. I do not think that is going to work or can work. I worry about it. Reference has been made to care for children and direct provision. This refers again to HIQA, and rightly so. There have been instances, and like others here I have dealt with a fair number of those cases in recent years. I saw serious...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department continue to identify children at risk while in direct provision or whose parents are undocumented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision Data (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is in a position to address the issues of children in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 129 of 8 October 2015, why a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been in direct provision for so long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (21 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department monitors the needs of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36777/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department remains in a position to address the issues of children in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27967/15]