Results 1-20 of 53 for "direct provision" speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...of Covid-19 illness benefit to the end of March 2021. It is important to note that the Covid-19 illness benefit payment and the pandemic unemployment payment are also available to people living in direct provision centres as well as to applicants for international protection who live in the community outside of the direct provision system. I discussed this with the Minister for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...inquiry against people who are working flat out within our system to do everything they possibly can to accommodate people with respect and with dignity. We are doing that. In terms of ending direct provision, the Government has a policy in that respect. There are hundreds of families in direct provision who could leave it, but the housing situation does not facilitate them doing so....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...the Deputy on this legislation which has many including, of course, financial implications. We have already moved ahead to create an infrastructure around Covid-19 illness payments, particularly in direct provision and meat plant contexts to make it very clear that every worker in such situations will get sick pay. I take Deputy Kelly’s point on the legislation that he is talking...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: First, Deputy O'Rourke referred to direct provision and the targets. It is going to be extremely challenging now. It is 2022 and many people in direct provision are in a position where they are now legally resident in the State and can leave direct provision if they wish, but they are staying in it at the moment. Obviously, the wider housing issue is probably a factor in that but it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases that are ongoing for those families that are still being accommodated in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (8 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which covers policy on direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40819/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: We have intervened in direct provision.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: We have been doing serial testing in all nursing homes for the last year. We have also been doing it in direct provision centres and meat factories for periods. As we have been doing serial testing in different settings, the concept of serial testing is there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: More than two years ago, there were up to 1,000 people who were in direct provision and could have left but decided to stay.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a reduction in the number of adults or families that live in direct provision centres since the rules to allow them to work have been changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39271/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...effective? The nursing homes have been serial tested twice and we will do so again. Serial testing at the meat plants had to be rescheduled but it has commenced. The same applies in respect of direct provision. I agree there is huge pressure on the community side.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it takes to review and assess asylum applications for those families being accommodated in direct provision centres on a long-term basis; if changes have been introduced to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the responsibility that his Department and-or the operators of direct provision centres have in respect of providing transport in circumstances in which no public service operates for residents of these centres specifically in relation to their heath and education needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26924/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the families in direct provision centres are there on a voluntary basis in view of the comments by the Taoiseach on a television programme (details supplied); if many have applied for HAP to allow them to be accommodated outside centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39270/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue given the concerns locally. Protecting those living in direct provision accommodation centres from any Covid-19 outbreak has been an absolute priority of Government. A comprehensive programme of serial Covid-19 testing by the HSE has been completed across 66 accommodation centres. My understanding is about 3,300 tests have been undertaken...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...lifting is done in many cases. The matter arose in the allocation of portfolios with respect to migration policy and the security dimension, and whether the wider issue would be moved over with direct provision. The view was-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...district heating systems need to be examined in the context of the energy crisis and what supports we can give to protect tenants, in particular, from exorbitant energy costs. Deputy Paul Murphy raised direct provision centres and the comments by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, yesterday. Where someone is fully employed, is a citizen of the State, may have been in a position for two...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Properties (16 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...refuge : - Kilbride Camp, Co. Wicklow, - Ballymullen Barracks, Kerry, - former Columb Barracks, Westmeath. In addition a DOD landholding at Knockalisheen Co Clare, which is currently in use as a Direct Provision centre, is also used to provide tented accommodation for persons seeking International Protection. Gormanston Training Centre, Co Meath was also used as an emergency...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ..., and can be extended for a further two weeks and for a maximum of ten weeks where a person is medically certified as being diagnosed with Covid-19. We extended this payment to workers who live in direct provision. I spoke to the acting Chief Medical Officer over a month ago about this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...of cases where people continue to be sick after ten weeks they can apply for the standard illness benefit payment and can receive it for up to two years. We have extended this for people living in direct provision as well. The Deputy has missed the point that we recognise the need to look at the broader issue of a sustainable sick pay regime in Ireland and, therefore, we are anxious...