Search for "direct provision" speaker:Michael Lowry (KildareStreet.com)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2024): Michael Lowry: ...ignored the legitimate and genuine concerns of the people of Roscrea. The people of Roscrea are compassionate by nature. After assurances and enhanced support networks, they accepted without protest a direct provision centre with hundreds of asylum seekers, as well as a centre to house 400 Ukrainian refugees. The reality is that this influx accounts for up to 20% of the population of...
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023): Michael Lowry: The people of Roscrea have already responded in a kind and generous manner by welcoming hundreds of displaced people into their town. A direct provision centre already exists. Local factories and businesses employ large numbers of foreign nationals. Asylum seekers are accommodated in numerous houses around the town. As a result, medical services are pushed beyond their limit. The Garda...
Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jun 2022): Michael Lowry: ...and Skills the reason that access to an English as an additional language teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary was revoked; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a direct provision centre was established in the area in November 2019 and that the number of English as an additional language pupils attending this school is approximately 22% of the...

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