Results 1-20 of 92 for "direct provision" speaker:Thomas Pringle

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Reports (5 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. Unfortunately, anybody who has worked with asylum seekers and who is familiar with the direct provision system, and all the NGOs involved, knows the direct provision has serious implications for people's mental health. For many years I was involved with a support group in Donegal Town and there were serious mental health issues for the residents in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 535. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently living in direct provision; if he will provide the details in tabular form by year in which they entered direct provision, to include details of those persons living in direct provision for 36 months and over; and his plans to end housing of asylum seekers in direct provision hostels. [5383/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (12 Feb 2013)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision; if he will provide the details in tabular form by year they entered direct provision; and his plans if any to end housing of asylum seekers in direct provision hostels. [6727/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Reports (5 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: This question arises from the publication of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, which examined 30 cases of child care before the courts. Three of those cases related to asylum seekers and direct provision. In one of the cases, the judge was not happy to allow the children to go back into the care of their mother in direct provision because of the circumstances in which they had to live....

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...get it over the line.” November 2019 was the 20th birthday of Flanagan’s baby and there have been many reports about the need to change the system for applicants for international protection here and calls to end direct provision. In December 2019, the interdepartmental group on direct provision reported to the Minister of Justice and Equality. The group was to review the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I urge the Taoiseach to look up the excellent work of Catherine Griffin. She helped to set up the social enterprise, Recruit Refugees Ireland. In addition, she designs and sells "End Direct Provision" T-shirts for Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland, MASI, and she is running a fundraiser to provide laptops for residents in direct provision. There are many volunteers, advocates and civil...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (19 Feb 2013)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide details in tabular form of those persons living in direct provision 36 months and over by year they entered direct provision. [8689/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: .... To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of persons currently living in direct provision by year they entered direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6683/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average stay of residents living in direct provision up to 31 December 2018, in tabular form; the number of persons staying by time range (details supplied); the percentage of the population in direct provision which these figures represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8138/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Reports (5 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recently published report of the child care law reporting project in cases of children in direct provision; if he will consider allowing families in direct provision to live in the community in the interests of the children and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46619/13]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the statements on direct provision this morning. I worked with asylum seekers in Donegal town from 1999 to 2012 when the hostel there closed. I have seen at first hand the impact the direct provision system had on people in Donegal town. It was a totally male hostel. One could see the lack of motivation, the impact on people's mental health and...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: This question concerns the working group on direct provision whose establishment has been announced. What will its make-up be? When is it due to report to the Minister? Direct provision has been raised in a couple of questions in the past but, unfortunately, due to meetings I had to attend, I was not able to be here. I hope there will not be too much repetition.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers and the direct provision system, before the recommendations are considered by her and brought before the Cabinet; and if she will make a statement on...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...more than 300,000 refugees over the past 40 years through community-led initiatives. Unfortunately, much uglier scenes have dominated the headlines in Ireland. Protests against the opening of direct provision centres, which hide their deep-rooted racism behind claims of concern for the well-being of asylum seekers, are a disgrace and it is our duty to call them out. However, we should...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of an increase in communications from the Reception and Integration Agency of her Department and management of direct provision centres to persons who have obtained permission to stay here informing them that they must move out of such centres within a short period, regardless of the availability of housing; the supports put in...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...Committee for this debate and thank it for accommodating the debate today because it is important we discuss this issue. The White Paper publication happened to coincide with the opening of a new direct provision facility in County Donegal. I would like to say a céad míle fáilte to our new Letterkenny neighbours. Last month, the first of 60 families started moving into...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes:— 2014 marks the 14th year of the existence of the Direct Provision system in Ireland; — over 4,300 asylum seekers are currently residing in the 34 Direct Provision centres in the State, some of whom have been living in these centres for up to and above 10 years; and — that more than one third of these residents are children who...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...any reform programme. The McMahon report stated that a failure to invest in decision-making staff will inevitably lead to significant backlogs in case processing and a consequent need to accommodate ever-greater numbers in direct provision, “with all the attendant concerns”. I do not need to go into what is meant by "attendant concerns" because it has been well documented...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the International Protection Office has issued a 60-page application form to be returned within 20 days to residents in direct provision centres which does not allow them time to get advice on the completion of the form that will have a direct bearing on the success or not of an asylum application; if she will ensure that each...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...for their contributions to the debate over the last two nights. It has been very heartening for me to hear the contributions that have come from all sides of the House in condemning the system of direct provision. It is a very powerful message to send that there is across-the-board political support for the abolition of a system that is unjust, inhumane and completely wrong. Perhaps I...