Results 1-20 of 65 for "direct provision" speaker:Mick Wallace

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports that residents at a direct provision centre were moved to accommodate a wedding; if inquiries will be made as to whether this has happened at other direct provision centres; and if contact with the centre responsible has been made. [26862/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken with the Coroners Service, An Garda Síochána and the various companies that run the direct provision centres to ensure the circumstances regarding the death of a person (details supplied) are never repeated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to facilitate the 200 plus residents at Hatch Hall direct provision centre following the announcement of its closure; the reason for the closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (26 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has ceased publishing data with regard to the number and nature of deaths of persons residing in direct provision centres; if he will consider recommencing collection of the data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to ensure the welfare and fair treatment of residents in direct provision centres; the complaints procedures in place for residents; the appeals processes that exist if a resident is not satisfied with a decision in relation to a complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unannounced inspections for each direct provision accommodation centre carried out by the Reception and Integration Agency in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a protest on 25 April 2019 by a large number of residents in a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to video footage posted on a social media platform showing the owner of the centre informing protestors that the protest will impact on them; if...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: The direct provision system has been an outrage of State-sanctioned human rights abuses against men, women and children. It ensures that vulnerable people who are trapped in the system suffer again and again. It is a system of State coercion, disenfranchisement and enforced poverty, run by private companies for huge profit which could not care less about the people they are supposed to be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...of these people and they would not be in there if they had an alternative. Because of the housing shortages, however, there are very few alternatives. Many children still do not feel safe in direct provision, women do not feel safe, members of the LGBT fraternity do not feel safe there and many people are still being stripped of their dignity. In April in the Mosney direct provision...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...at best 51% of the recommendations were in progress or partially implemented. What is the status of the implementation of the recommendations at present? There are rising numbers in emergency direct provision where the conditions are even less attractive than in the regular form. Does Mr. Justice McMahon have serious concerns about this?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent alleged arson attacks on possible sites for direct provision and asylum seekers; if he has discussed the matter with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11994/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We know the children cannot get their status before the age of 18. Family reunification is gone; they are generally going into direct provision. We are not saying that everything about the system is wrong, but there are serious problems with it. We know a number of young lads who are waiting for interviews. More resources are probably required. We know there are some good things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: On another issue, the Minister told us last week that 600 people in direct provision had received their status but cannot get out of direct provision. Is the Government doing anything to make it possible for them to get out by actively finding places for them to live? We know there is a desperate housing shortage for so many people in Ireland. However, it requires action on the Government's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...coming in to Ireland and going immediately into the community. That sounds great and it is good if it happens. However, is it not the case that we will have a need for some sort of entity like direct provision for a long time yet? The direct provision that we have was never meant to be as permanent as it has become. Has there been consideration at Government level to doing things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...and town in this country. It will not appear overnight, but should there not be direct Government involvement in building places? These could be multi-use. They could be used for purposes other than direct provision. They would not be wasted. It makes sense. I accept it would take time to deliver. Rome was not built in a day but, God, it was started.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: .... Only recently, a worker in the centre in Ballaghaderreen contacted me and said the place was hell on earth. Of late Deputy Clare Daly and I have been working with a number of refugees in direct provision centres. From what we are being told, they seem to be soul-destroying places in which to live. The Minister says improvements are being made. Am I right in thinking most of the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...the private entities are providing? The Minister has made the point that we have international obligations to maintain. Obviously, there are people coming into the country who are moving into direct provision centres. The numbers are going up because so few are coming out of the centres. The Minister can say they are choosing not to do so, but he cannot walk away from the fact that...

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...the sixth anniversary of Julian Assange being locked up in the Ecuadorian embassy. He has now been denied communications and the Internet. He has been denied sunlight for six years. A person in direct provision in Maghaberry would probably have an easier time of it, yet we say nothing about it. At the same time, Hillary Clinton is in Ireland this week to be honoured by Trinity College....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which single adults residing in direct provision are sharing rooms; the number that have been sharing rooms for over 12 and 24 months, respectively; the range of beds per room in shared rooms, that is, the highest number of beds to the lowest number of beds; and the average number of beds per room in shared rooms...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the system of direct provision here is in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/18]