Results 1-20 of 48 for "direct provision" speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The commitment from Government is very clear. The direct provision is identified as problematic as a place of detention for people in the asylum process. We all know the new legislation is on the way. When the new legislative mechanisms are in place and assuming they work well and efficiently, what is the alternative system other than direct provision that will be in place for persons who...

Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...'s personal information is protected. The other concern was that third party FOIs might delay judicial reviews of the organisation's decision making and give rise to significant additional costs in direct provision. We have in this jurisdiction an absolutely disgraceful regime for dealing with refugees and asylum seekers. Not only is it disgraceful in its shape and resourcing and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the current long and torturous procedure for applicants is shortened, mitigated and made more transparent, fair and timely. However, I am concerned that if the settled position is to move away from direct provision, it would be a matter of good planning that the Department, under the direction of the Secretary General, would be considering the various models and planning for that change....

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...things being equal, that should reduce the waiting time for applicants, all of which would be tremendously welcome. That point has been well made. Given that the commitment is to move away from direct provision, not just to reduce the numbers in direct provision, would it not be wise for the Department to consider what the alternative model might look like, its shape, and the cost...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: We in Sinn Féin believe the direct provision system is not acceptable for anybody and should be brought to an end without delay. This system is beneficial to nobody, least of all children. It institutionalises people, damages mental health, denies families privacy and forces a lack of work on them. People living under direct provision are forced by the State to live in inhumane...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ..., is unconstitutional and the Government has until 30 November to respond to the court-imposed deadline. In addition, last week retired judge Mr. Brian MacMahon, who produced a Government report on direct provision two years ago, urged the Government to act on its recommendations at a conference marking the second anniversary of its publication. Mr. MacMahon told the conference, which...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will Mr. Purcell outline what, if any, measures have been taken to set the scene for the wind-down of direct provision? He will be aware that the Government made a commitment to do this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not the Secretary General's understanding that the objective is to wind down the system of direct provision.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Secretary General explored what that other system outside direct provision might be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Minister asked the officials in the Department to look at the alternative models to direct provision?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hear the point about the legislation and I understand that the legislation if it is more efficient will reduce the numbers in direct provision. I have heard that but I am asking a different question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Secretary General's understanding of the programme for Government commitments around direct provision?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: So the Secretary General does not understand there is a Government commitment to the ending of direct provision as the system operated by the State?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (27 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of families in direct provision who have been allocated a single room. [15727/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (27 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers in direct provision that have died year on year between 2005 and 2012; and cause of death in each instance. [15731/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (27 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women in direct provision who have reported incidents of domestic violence on a yearly basis between 2005 and 2012. [15722/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (27 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women in direct provision who have reported incidents of malnutrition on a yearly basis between 2005 and 2012. [15723/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions on which the Health Service Executive has offered to take children in direct provision into care, or partial care, in cases of severe malnourishment or other illness. [15725/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Asylum Support Services (27 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Health the medical and psychological services offered to men, women and children housed in direct provision centres. [15726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy on direct provision residents’ voting rights, access to election related materials and the right to meet with candidates in the public areas of centres. [15155/19]