Results 1-20 of 65 for "direct provision" speaker:Gerry Adams

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Gerry Adams: The programme for Government commits the Government to reforming the direct provision system. Last week's report by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance is a scathing indictment of the Government’s failure on this and other matters. It identifies major legislative and policy failings in regard to hate speech, hate crime, the response of An Garda Síochána,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (11 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons admitted to each direct provision centre in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the length of time these persons have remained within the direct provision system. [38328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 Jul 2018)

Gerry Adams: 308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the barriers precluding those in the direct provision services from applying for a driver licence will be examined in view of the recent directive on the right to work measures announced for persons in the direct provision system. [29784/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2019)

Gerry Adams: ...for Justice and Equality if additional information will be provided further to his officials noting at the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts the establishment of a unit to support persons leaving direct provision centres dedicated to working with direct provision centre managers, local authorities and non-governmental organisations; and the status of plans for the unit. [50112/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Jul 2018)

Gerry Adams: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in each direct provision centre who will be eligible to apply for a work permit further to the recent directive on the right to work measures announced for persons in the direct provision system; the number of persons who will be deemed ineligible in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Payments (7 Nov 2018)

Gerry Adams: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fund the cost of feminine hygiene products for persons living in direct provision centres; the funding that will be provided for this initiative; if it is a long-term initiative; when this initiative will commence; the way in which it is proposed to roll out this initiative; his further plans to engage with...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Gerry Adams: Tá trí cheist agam, ceann amháin faoi reform of the direct provision system, ceann eile faoi the public health (alcohol) Bill agus ceann deireanach faoi the water services Bill. The Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, promised legislation last month to reform the current direct provision regime, which he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2019)

Gerry Adams: 281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if direct advocacy services are available to persons resident in Mosney direct provision centre. [50109/19]

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...? Has the Government any plans to introduce legislation on rent controls or rent freezes? Last June, the Taoiseach told me he would facilitate a debate on the McMahon report into the direct provision system. I grant that some aspects of this report are welcome, but overall it is a disappointing response to a very difficult humanitarian issue and to a direct provision system that has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: I also wonder what the Cabinet committee on social policy does. One of the big injustices on our watch is the incarceration of people in so-called direct provision centres. The Government has failed to implement any of the 173 recommendations of the McMahon report, which was published a year and a half ago. An tUachatarán, Michael D. Higgins, described the proposals as reasonable and...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...affected, particularly arising from the conflict in Syria. It may be a pertinent time to ask the Taoiseach about the international protection Bill and the report of the McMahon working group on direct provision. A recent report from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions on the direct provision system concluded that it is not fit for purpose. This report will...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...Inimirce, Cónaí agus Cosaint, the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill, which was introduced here at First Stage in 2010. It has been in committee since. Given that persons are stuck in these direct provision facilities, in some cases for 14 years, this delay is unacceptable. Last month, the chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Ms Emily...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children currently resident in Mosney direct provision centre and the number of children resident there for the past five years. [10393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 1208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 16 June 2015, if funding has been accessed by social workers working with families in Mosney direct provision centre for translation services during the past ten months. [10390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...Question No. 488 of 16 June 2015, if she will confirm that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has translated relevant information leaflets into French and Swahili for families in the Mosney direct provision centre. [10391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 1210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of live child protection cases at Mosney direct provision centre. [10392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (27 Sep 2016)

Gerry Adams: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers, June 2015. [26998/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (11 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the location and number of direct provision centres in operation; and the number of persons residing in each centre. [38326/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (11 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of single adults, families and children residing in each direct provision centre. [38327/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the direct provision services per year in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [38329/17]