Results 1-20 of 58 for "direct provision" speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...to accept it. I look forward to scheduling her Bill, as soon as I can, for a Thursday afternoon in order to try to get it progressed insofar as we can between now and Christmas. Senator Flynn sought a debate on direct provision. Every time she does so, I do ask about it but I have not yet been given a date. I will ask again today and remind the Minister with responsibility. I am...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...will do today. Senator Flynn spoke about the Ireland's Future conference this weekend and is looking forward to participating in it. She asked again, as she has been asking for the last couple of months, for a debate on direct provision. It has been requested but I will follow up today to see if we can get a date. Senator Sherlock spoke about the real success of Culture Night in all of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...a balance. I take on board what Senator Gavan said as well. Senator Flynn spoke about her solidarity with Ukraine. She has requested a debate on the future of the Government's plans for the ending of direct provision. I have arranged to have such a debate, but I do not have a date for it yet. I made the suggestion to the Minister a number of weeks ago. Such a debate is timely given...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...that community so well and so beautifully. I wish to acknowledge that and put it on the record. Senator Flynn also called for debates on the heads of the Bill on hate crime and on the White Paper on direct provision. I will try to organise those debates as quickly as I can. In response to Senator Gavan, I have not read the articles to which he referred so I am a little reluctant to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...reply, which was well drafted. There is no reason not to shine a light when human rights violations are being made and to sing about them insofar as they should not be done in the quiet or in close corners. Senator Flynn asked for a debate on direct provision, which we will organise. Senators Sherlock, Martin and Craughwell, among others, talked about Ukraine and the sanctions I hope will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

Regina Doherty: .... It makes an enormous difference for both our younger and older communities. I am glad the Senator put the new routes in Clare, and the welcome for them, on the record today. The White Paper on direct provision was released this morning and a number of Members spoke about it. Some of them have been speaking about this matter for many years. This is a real Irish trait, where we are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...first things I do in the morning, probably even before I get out of bed, is to open The Irish Times. The story on its front page today, in conjunction with the story in recent weeks of the young man in direct provision who had sores all over his body, paints a disgusting picture of how we treat vulnerable people in this country, and it needs to stop. One of the first things I will do for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives from the European Parliament (4 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...happen. When the really positive impact of migrants on our economy and society are outlined instead of the negativity and the rabbit hole that we sometimes end up going down, particularly around direct provision, I hope that we really can change. This narrative has to be changed by all of us and not just by the State. It has to be changed by communities and sport organisations as to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...and cannot take unaccompanied children to this country when we have nowhere for them to go. If anything, today we should put out a call for people to become foster parents because that is the real crux. The debate on direct provision is ongoing and I hope we will finalise it in the upcoming months and years to provide alternative accommodation. The reality is that if we take 400 people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...would be perfect in the region and it would be a huge statement. I will write to the Taoiseach today to express the views of the Senator. Senator Higgins called for debates on statutory homecare and direct provision. While I know these issues are incredibly important, the debates will probably come at the very beginning of September, if that is okay with the Senator. To answer her...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services of the Department of Justice and Equality are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities and services. People in direct provision receive a daily expenses allowance payment from my Department payable at the weekly rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...limited, emergency income support measure to meet the dramatic surge in unemployment as a consequence of the pandemic.  Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services of the Department of Justice and Equality are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...-limited, emergency income support measure to meet the dramatic surge in unemployment as a consequence of the pandemic. Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services of the Department of Justice and Equality are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities and...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I will send Deputies Bríd Smith and Barry copies of the letter I sent to Mandate in response this afternoon and I will answer Deputy Bríd Smith's questions on maternity leave and direct provision. I am aware that there is a request and a large Uplift petition but, unfortunately, the matter does not fall within the remit of my Department. It falls within that of the Department of...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...Bríd Smith has made of me to the Minister for Justice and Equality and I will ask him to get back to her. On the PUP for people who are here seeking asylum, anybody who does not live in the direct provision system has been able to apply and has received it. People who are living in direct provision and having their accommodation, food and associated needs provided for and paid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Data (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) of the Department of Justice and Equality are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities/services. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance (DEA) which is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (4 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...,328 Jobseeker's Allowance 135,240 One Parent Family Payment 39,416 Supplementary Welfare Allowance (2) 15,472 Direct Provision Allowance 4,061 Farm Assist 6,000 Jobseeker's Benefit 31,166 Maternity Benefit 21,023 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (24 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: .... 308 and 309 together. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance which is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full board, accommodation and other services by the Department of Justice and Equality.   The Government has provided...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (9 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...to the Protection Process.  This included a €8.20 per week increase (to €29.80) in the payment for children.  The estimated full year cost of increasing the weekly payment for children living in direct provision in line with the rate for a qualified child payment, €34 for children under 12 and €37 for children aged 12 and over, would be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (9 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: It is estimated that the full year cost of introducing child benefit for children who live in direct provision is €2.84 million. Any introduction of child benefit for children living in direct provision would have to be considered in the overall budgetary context.  I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.