Results 1-16 of 16 for "direct provision" speaker:Seán Sherlock

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had regard to the OCO report on Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outbreaks of Covid-19 that have been recorded in direct provision centres in each month to date in 2021. [25402/21]

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Seán Sherlock: .... He has come before us today to articulate those areas where progress is being made, especially concerning access to education. That aspect is a key element for every young person in the direct provision process. Education is the key to building for a future where we integrate people and give them the rights to which they are entitled by dint of any international standard. I,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will be able to carry out three inspections of each direct provision centre in the country in 2021. [11463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the new inspection regime for direct provision centres. [11464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if children in direct provision centres have returned to education; and the assurances she can provide that all children who reside in the centres have the necessary safeguards in place to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks. [22318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the weekly payment to adults in direct provision to €50; the cost of increasing the payments for children to the same rates as those for the qualified child increases for children under 12 and over 12 years of age respectively; the rates if it remained linked to the original ratio with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (30 Jul 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 1005. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the time frame for the transfer of the direct provision accommodation system from the Department of Justice and Equality to his Department. [20464/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 860. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if responsibility for direct provision has been transferred to his Department. [14694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is in talks to provide a direct provision centre at a location (details supplied). [8639/20]

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ..., I would be grateful. If not, I would be happy to receive a written reply. I wish to raise four issues: the status of undocumented workers, the enforcement of regulations by An Garda Síochána, direct provision and the status of the Garda task force. Regarding undocumented workers, the Minister will be in receipt of a letter issued by the CEOs of the civil society...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (19 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a direct provision centre is planned for a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [47165/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: ...is up and running and whether it is responding to individual workers' queries in a timely fashion. In respect of Vote 19, provision is made for issues such as prisoner complaints, clinical judgements and direct provision to be dealt with by the Office of the Ombudsman. I understand it has a budget of €9.7 million. Will the Office of the Ombudsman have an expanded role? Is...

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...weeks and enacted by the end of the year. This new legislation will significantly improve arrangements for the processing of asylum applications and greatly reduce the time persons spend in the direct provision system. Today is about getting permission to opt-in. We have no indication as to whether our arrivals will be single persons or families and, therefore, there is still a way to...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Sherlock: ...special educational needs are supported through learning support provision and NCSE-allocated resource teachers. In primary schools, learning support is provided through the general allocation model and similar direct provision is made in post-primary schools. These supports have been maintained for this year. The year-on-year growth in the overall student population is approximately...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently applying for asylum who are resident in direct provision in Mallow, County Cork; the average time for processing claims for asylum; the breakdown by nationality of those resident within the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38121/08]