Results 1-20 of 33 for "direct provision" speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Some 14% of children living in direct provision are being referred whereas the corresponding figure for children not living in direct provision centres is 1.6%, so we can see there is a huge variation. With regard to the types of referrals and whether they would reach the threshold for an initial assessment to be done, in direct provision centres the figure stands at 85% and outside direct...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...if there are more up-to-date data but, if there are, perhaps the Department could provide them to the committee and to me. There was huge variation in the percentage of referrals of children within direct provision centres compared with children outside of direct provision centres. In other words, 14% of the population of children living in direct provision centres would have had...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am looking for similar information with regard to direct provision. It is slightly different with direct provision. If someone was a victim of domestic abuse, would that complaint have to be made directly to the manager of the centre before it could go to the Ombudsman or An Garda Síochána? I would be happy if I could get a note about the complaints procedures for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Feb 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children who remain in direct provision after receiving their stamp 4 leave to remain; the number of these persons living in direct provision on 26 January 2017; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties these persons are having in accessing private rented accommodation; the supports she plans to put in place...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (22 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform direct provision centres; his plans to introduce an independent complaints mechanism for direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35857/11]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the operators of Knockalisheen direct provision centre, by operator and by individual contract, from its first use as a direct provision centre to the present. [44105/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Here is the difficulty I have with direct provision. The majority of direct provision centres are privately run, so I presume a public official or civil servant would not be the manager of a particular facility. It will be someone employed by a private company and a person would have to go through this individual before he or she would be allowed to access the Ombudsman. We need to look at...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I was not aware of that. I am sure the Chairman will stop me if I overstep, but I wish to ask about direct provision. This does not relate to the Prison Service, but we have the Department of Justice and Equality in attendance and I want to ask one or two questions about direct provision. If I am not allowed, I will ask them in a roundabout way through the Prison Service.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (22 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a condition into contracts with direct provision accommodation providers which allows full access to centres for mental health personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35858/11]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (8 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the matter of expanding the remit of the Ombudsman for Children to investigate direct provision hostels. [22667/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of incidents of self-harm that required medical attention, in each direct provision accommodation centre during each year since 2009. [11345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ombudsman for Children Remit (19 Oct 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she will publish legislation to extend the remit of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to include cases concerning children residing in direct provision. [31000/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman for Children Remit (25 Oct 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he will publish legislation to extend the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children to include cases concerning children residing in direct provision. [32061/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Dec 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end the practice of housing persons seeking asylum in direct provision. [40421/16]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the number of self catering facilities for families in direct provision facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20316/17]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a nutritional audit of direct provision centres. [20315/17]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will develop and implement a dedicated child protection strategy for direct provision accommodation. [20317/17]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop and introduce national standards for direct provision centres. [20318/17]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will develop an independent oversight mechanism for the inspection regime in direct provision. [20319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ombudsman for Children Remit (2 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the remit of the Ombudsman for Children to include complaints from children in direct provision. [20321/17]