Results 1-20 of 20 for "direct provision" speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the Community Call initiative. The Oversight Group includes representation from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) COVID-19 Subgroup - Vulnerable People. Specific responsibility for people in direct provision rests with my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, and my Department has no role in that regard. I understand that Department is represented on the...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: ...I foresaw that as being likely but I do not want to pre-empt the decision that needs to be taken by Cabinet and when we have the necessary information in front of us to make that decision. Regarding direct provision, even though we are not responsible for direct provision in the Department we have got expertise in securing accommodation and those types of issues in terms of getting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...recognise that demand will increase, and we have to continue to drive an increase in the delivery of new homes. We have regular Cabinet sub-committee meetings where we discuss people who are in direct provision, have been granted leave to remain and need a home. We discuss ways to get them into homes and out of direct provision through things like the housing assistance payment, HAP....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: .... There is a protocol now in place for the sharing of information, which is important. It is also is important to ensure emergency accommodation is emergency accommodation and not a substitute for direct provision or other care and supports needed by people who do not have rights, or are in the process of establishing their rights, or who are fleeing persecution or seeking asylum. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: .... We have commissioned a more detailed survey which is under way. I hope, we will get a much better understanding from it of the reasons people present as homeless. I am not responsible for the direct provision system. Different supports are in place for peope coming into the country and seeking asylum. It is not done by local authorities but is led by the Department of Justice and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In response to Deputy Casey's question on the quarterly reporting we report on the monthly numbers. Eoin O'Sullivan's analysis is not ours. He includes other figures such as direct provision and everything else. All other matters that we report on in respect of housing are quarterly. Most organisations report quarterly because that allows them to better understand trends, analysis and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...of having to do so. If we are to have the right supports and targets to achieve sustainable exits from emergency accommodation, we have to understand exactly who is there and why. I am not responsible for direct provision or women's refuges. These are different difficulties that are being experienced depending on where the person has come from in Irish life. What I am responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...with developers and any other suitable arrangements with developers that deliver good quality and early social housing. I am not aware of any formal cost benefit analysis on the possible direct provision of social housing by developers. However, all capital-funded new social housing construction projects, irrespective of the nature of the development, are subject to the Capital Works...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for housing support through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. HAP is available to all residents of direct provision that have secured a long-term right to residence in Ireland and are assessed as eligible for social housing support by the relevant local authority. I understand that most residents of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...overseen by housing authorities.  Therefore they do not capture details of individuals in other accommodation arrangements which are not overseen by housing authorities.  Information on the number of persons in Direct Provision are available from the Department of Justice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...this need was outsourced to the private market a number of years ago. When the market crashed, of course, a significant burden was placed on a number of people. As a principle, the State needs to make direct provision for social housing in the first instance. One can build other supports that we have seen working successfully in other countries around that. On the question on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...but if there is scope for us to co-ordinate with other parts of Government to see how we can get a total figure on this, we will try to do that. Whether or not the Deputy was counting those who are in direct provision is another question but I am coming into this brief with an open mind, which is important. My predecessor, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, has...

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: .... While 4,000 people is good, it is not great. We can, and should, take in more. We should start with a figure of 10,000, and we can do it. It will pose challenges to us as a country and to the direct provision system, which is a disgrace and is indefensible and inhumane. Maybe, this challenge can be seen as an opportunity to free those who are trapped in direct provision. We have...

Direct Provision Report: Motion (12 Jun 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: ..., this is one of the best we have seen. It is clear and concise and makes some excellent recommendations. I commend the committee and welcome the opportunity to speak in favour of the report. Our direct provision system is not fit for purpose. It is a stain on the nation. The Government has done much in a relatively short period and in general has prioritised the right issues....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 May 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to include a portion of the time spent in Direct Provision in assessing eligibility for citizenship; and if she had no such plans, the reason for same. [18766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 May 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the five-year minimum requirement for a resident becoming a citizen is necessary, where a resident has already been in direct provision for five years, or more; and if a shorter period of two years, for example, might not be preferable. [18768/15]

Report on Penal Reform: Motion (6 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: ...that led to their imprisonment. We should be concerned worried about people taking advantage of the prison system and it developing into an industry because people have taken advantage of the direct provision system to make money over the years. Given the work the Minister of State is doing on this issue, I do not propose to discuss it in detail. To return to the concept of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his appointment. Some of the things he has been saying on this issue since beginning his new job are very important. The direct provision system is a disgrace and it shames us as a nation and a people. It was one of the first matters that came across my desk when I was elected to Dublin City Council and I still deal with it weekly....

Report on the Contribution of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Economic Recovery: Statements (28 Mar 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: ...who claim we are still abusing them, whether it is regarding the issue of a woman diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality not being allowed to have a termination or how we treat asylum seekers in direct provision. We must be careful when we speak about other countries and their human rights records that we do not come in on our high horse. Deputy Olivia Mitchell is correct that trade...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Jun 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: ...for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the mandate of the reception and integration agency and whether or not the RIA has the power to delegate the care of asylum seekers and inspection of Direct Provision centres to privately operated, for-profit companies. [26947/13]