Results 1-9 of 9 for "direct provision" speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Kelly: 839. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 were evicted from direct provision in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12172/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...further afield. His number one political objective was to ensure that children born to people not from this State or without citizenship would have this pathway. We all know the way our country has dealt with direct provision. We all know that there are children in direct provision whose home is Ireland. We all know that the longer this goes on, the more cases we will have. Given...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Alan Kelly: ..., black lives do matter and we do not have to look far in this country to find examples of discrimination and racism. Will the Taoiseach and the current Government or his party commit to ending direct provision? That is the real discrimination and racism that is going on in this country, as I am sure he will acknowledge. It has to end. We all have to make sure that collectively and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: ...following the meeting on 11 May. The correspondence includes information on payroll overpayments; Mahon report recommendations; mental health supports, including counselling services, provided in direct provision centres; the policy on canvassing in direct provision centres; and the pilot third level education project for residents in direct provision centres. Is the correspondence noted?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: I think that is too late. The issues in respect of the Garda are the top justice items here. We have got direct provision, which is very important as well, and we have also got the Garda issues.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will not deal with direct provision, the appropriation accounts, Templemore and the Garda Commissioner's previous evidence in one go. If I may make a suggestion, there are three areas here, namely, the appropriation accounts; direct provision; and the Garda Commissioner's evidence and the Templemore issue, which could be put into the one sitting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: ...able to because of Project Eagle. Everyone is working hard, but we might be able to address the redress issue separately while getting on with our normal work programme. Otherwise, the issues of direct provision and Bord na gCon - I have been pushing on the latter for a long time - will not get onto our work programme for a considerable period.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020targets provision of 110,000 social housing units, through a mixture of direct provision by local authorities and approved housing bodies and through the private rental market, mainly utilising the Housing Assistance Payment. The targeted provision will provide for the needs of the 89,872 households identified nationally in the 2013 Summary of Social Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: ...dependents that are in emergency accommodation. These monthly reports are available on my Department’s website at the link provided above. Housing authorities have no function with regard to asylum seekers in direct provision and accordingly such individuals are not recorded by housing authorities. With regard to funding for homeless services, as confirmed in the Budget...