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

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the quality and standard of accommodation available to refugee-asylum seekers through the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36075/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (18 Nov 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the quality and standard of accommodation available to refugees-asylum seekers through the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44392/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (24 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department monitors the well-being of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services (27 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 129. 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. [21042/15]

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]

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 (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 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 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 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]

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: 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 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (24 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his attention remains focused on the needs of children in direct provision, with particular reference to ensuring that normal standards and expectations are met, and that areas, such as trafficking, are dealt with as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/15]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: .... To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or likely position in regard to determining residency entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2, who has lived in direct provision for the past nine years, whose two children were born here, and who suffers from ill health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13831/15]

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 Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (24 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...adequately protected, in all circumstances and situations, throughout the country, including children whose parents may have suffered socially and economically in the past number of years, those in direct provision, and children born here whose parents are not naturalised and who may be excluded from employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7766/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Social Dimension of Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: There was no problem then but there is now. Every decision was to move away from direct provision of social housing and we got what we have. We have an appalling situation where people are at this moment crying because they do not know if they will be in a house tomorrow or not, people with families large and small, unemployed people who are entirely dependent on support from the Department...