Results 1-11 of 11 for "direct provision" speaker:Finian McGrath

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service Expenditure (27 Mar 2018)

Finian McGrath: .... Home support services were a particular area of focus in budget 2018, with an additional €18.25 million allocated to them. The resources available in 2018 bring the total budget for the direct provision of services to €408 million. The HSE's national service plan provides for a target of some 17.094 million home support hours to 50,500 people. Home support services are...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service Expenditure (27 Mar 2018)

Finian McGrath: I will bring the Senator's concerns to the Minister because we are talking about public money and I accept the Senator's valid argument. As I said previously, the total budget in 2018 for the direct provision of services is €408 million. Regarding the point about hours, at the moment, the HSE hourly rate will range between €20 and €25, inclusive of pay and overheads. I...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Finian McGrath: ...assessed health care need and there is currently no means testing. The overall funding for services for older people in 2017 is €765 million. This included approximately €373 million for the direct provision of home care and the HSE's national service plan provides for a target of 10.7 million home help hours, 16,750 home care packages and 190 intensive home care packages...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Prescriptions Charges (9 May 2017)

Finian McGrath: ...may be exempted, where not to charge that group is just and equitable, having regard to defined criteria. To date, there are exemptions for children in State care, methadone patients, asylum seekers in direct provision and refugees in emergency reception and accommodation centres. With regard to varying the charge for specific groups, until this year the same charge applied to all...

Topical Issue Debate: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration (7 Feb 2017)

Finian McGrath: ...supporting the provision of information, advice, including money and budgeting advice, and advocacy on a wide range of public and social services. The CIB delivers on its legislative remit through direct provision of information services and by supporting a network of delivery partners including the local Citizens Information Service, CIS, and MABS. One of the strategic priorities for...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity of speaking to this important debate on the direct provision system in Ireland. I take this opportunity to thank and commend my Independent colleague, Deputy Thomas Pringle, on bringing forward this motion. He has shown great leadership and compassion on this urgent matter and all sides of the House should support him and his motion. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Finian McGrath: 579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the punitive direct provision and dispersal system which has children marginalised, stigmatised and living on €19.10 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33355/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Finian McGrath: 624. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Irish immigrant support centres proposals on direct provision. [33757/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the 1,791 children in direct provision centres that are overcrowded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27901/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the 2012 report of the Special Rapporteur on Children in direct provision which highlighted the real risk of these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27902/14]

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Finian McGrath: ...in, particularly by some politicians, gets up my nose, particularly when 375,000 children are experiencing deprivation in our country today. We have 1,791 children seeking asylum housed in 30 direct provision centres, some of whom have been in those centres for more than seven years. In 2012, the special rapporteur highlighted the real risk of those children suffering abuse. Almost...