Results 1-20 of 55 for "direct provision" speaker:Clare Daly

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

Clare Daly: ...benefits for communities by adopting a positive approach, particularly when there are worrying developments in Ireland such as a growth in racism and certain elements fuelling hatred around the direct provision system. When Syrians arrived in Monasterevin, the attention given to issues such as integration, English lessons and acclimatising to a new culture worked, and it prepared the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Clare Daly: I wish to raise one point about cases when people are not allowed to stay in direct provision and this outcome is linked to the €20 payment. Has the Irish Refugee Council ever questioned why somebody who is not in direct provision is not entitled to that payment?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Further Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Further Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Further Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Further Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: ...and their families. The problem really needs to be fixed. Will the Minister update us on the backlogs of visa, citizenship and asylum applications? In that context, with reference to the direct provision system, there is talk that Hatch Hall in Dublin will be closed. I believe the residents have been told that they need to be out by the end of the year as there are other plans for the...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: ...legislation through to give the illusion that it is dealing with issues and, in so doing, probably leaving behind a legacy of disaster. It is reprehensible not only that the Bill does not end direct provision and deal with the continuing human rights violations but also that it facilitates a process of keeping people in direct provision and speeding up the deportation at the end of it....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate a review of the direct provision scheme for asylum seekers, which has seen adults and children confined to totally unsuitable accommodation for many years in total violation of their human rights and dignity. [25274/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (2 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been held in direct provision centres for more than five years, categorised by centre and the number of years. [28705/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Clare Daly: 291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on the direct provision system over the past eight years; and the companies to whom those payments were made. [42845/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children Remit (24 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...Affairs his plans to extend the power of the Ombudsman for Children, including areas actively under consideration, and a timeframe for delivery, in view of the urgency, in relation to children in direct provision. [7707/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Jun 2016)

Clare Daly: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the working group on improvement to the protection process including the direct provision scheme and support to asylum seekers. [15956/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision Data (14 Jun 2016)

Clare Daly: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in direct provision centres who are sitting the junior certificate and the leaving certificate examinations in 2016. [16043/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (16 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in direct provision for periods of three years and beyond; her plans to end this treatment of refugees and asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25553/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (8 Dec 2016)

Clare Daly: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and ages of children currently in direct provision. [39239/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (7 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time spent in direct provision centres by refugees relocated from Greece as part of the refugee relocation programme since that programme was launched in September 2015. [5971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (30 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to serious issues at a direct provision centre (details supplied); and the steps he will take to address same. [51322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Mar 2018)

Clare Daly: 231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Lisdoonvarna was chosen for a new direct provision centre; and the steps he has taken to ensure that the medical and educational needs of asylum seekers can be met in the area. [11683/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Apr 2018)

Clare Daly: 529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons residing in each of the country's direct provision centres by category (details supplied). [15383/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Apr 2018)

Clare Daly: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons residing in each direct provision centre who have been granted leave to remain here but remain resident in the centre by category (details supplied). [15384/18]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Clare Daly: Is the figure linked with numbers? In the direct provision centres is the contract negotiated, regardless of numbers or is it numbers dependent?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Clare Daly: I know. On the payments made to direct provision centres, the numbers seem to be very similar.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Clare Daly: Therefore, private operators are paid based on the numbers in direct provision centres. It is not a contract agreed to for a uniform sum to run a centre. They are paid per person.