Results 1-17 of 17 for "direct provision" speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: .... I participated in one of the collection points last Friday for International Women's Day with my colleague, Anne Cronin. We were collecting for women in homeless accommodation and women in direct provision. We specifically asked men to go to the supermarket or wherever else and buy sanitary products and actually realise how much they cost. A number of men did so. I really want to...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...with mental health issues. The child and adult mental health service, CAMHS, teams are not fully staffed. There are many other children in particularly difficult situations, including those in direct provision centres or Traveller accommodation, all of whom have particular problems and do not have an opportunity to reach their full potential. They need the supports we are advocating in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Aug 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...into its report. Can any of the witnesses clarify the figures in relation to the post-primary sector, because I am not clear from the data I have? I wanted to follow up on what Deputy Catherine Martin said about children in direct provision and homeless children. The number of homeless children now stands at 3,867. I imagine that the majority of these children are going to school....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons moved out of direct provision in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20819/17]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ..., work and commitment of the Minister of State as regards the implementation of the McMahon report but it needs to be implemented in full and acted upon. This is particularly so in terms of people who have been in direct provision for a long time. There are terrible stories of people who, having been there for years upon years, despair of ever getting their lives back. We need to...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes which have been made or are planned to address the rights and needs of children who live in direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7018/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Undocumented Children: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...in a situation. The two pieces that Ms O'Connell read provided us with an understanding. I might start with the Chairman's point. As a result of the recommendations of the group that examined direct provision, the Department of Education and Skills made a change while I was there. If a child had been at school in Ireland for three of the five years prior to doing the leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on implementing the recommendations of the group set up to examine changes needed in the direct provision system for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31225/16]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...If so, does he consider that it addresses some of the issues around getting into schools, albeit it does not address the religious issue? I share Deputy Anne Rabbitte's concern about children in direct provision. I have also visited a family who were all in one room with the children doing their homework sitting on the bed. There was no space. There were recommendations on direct...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asylum Support Services (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Improvements to the Protection Process with terms of reference concerned with respecting the dignity and improving the quality of life of applicants for international protection, including those in direct provision centres, while their applications for protection in the State are under investigation. The Working Group is considering a range of issues related to the Protection Process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...the commencement of the next academic year. My Department will be involved in an independent Working Group which will report to Government on improvements with the protection process, including Direct Provision and supports for asylum seekers.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: We must try to address people's needs in the various ways available to us. As soon as we can do so, that will include the direct provision of more local authority houses. Deputy Ellis had raised this case with me at a meeting of the committee. The Minister for Social Protection recently announced revised caps, which in the case of the Dublin area are an improvement on the current...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Protection (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ..., which is a division of the Department of Justice and Equality. The RIA is charged with providing accommodation and ancillary services to asylum seekers - adults and their children - under the direct provision system while their applications for asylum are being processed. Direct provision centres are monitored three times a year, twice by Department of Justice and Equality staff and...

Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...collection market should be put to that authority. I am sure Deputy Collins's party colleagues on the council are well able to do that. The general trend of local authorities withdrawing from direct provision of household waste collection services has resulted in comments about the respective roles of the public and private sectors. From a typical householder's perspective, such issues...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (3 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...provisions are put in place under the various acts. This responsibility has been fulfilled and is not in dispute. I have no role in relation to enforcement activity or in relation to the direct provision of housing services. The reply to question No. 162 of 1 March 2012 set out the position in relation to the inspection undertaken by the Housing Inspectorate of my Department following an...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Nov 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...he is taking to shorten the period of time it takes for decisions to be made in the asylum seeking process; his plans to speed up the process in particular for persons who have spent years in direct provision hostels and whose health and well-being is negatively affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45094/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jan 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 751: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the case that asylum seekers who are in direct provision sign for a full social welfare payment despite the fact they only receive €19.00 per week; if he is satisfied with such a practice; if the remainder of the payment is transferred to the accommodation centre to which the person is allocated; the way this money is...