Results 1-20 of 22 for "direct provision" speaker:David Cullinane

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. O'Driscoll and Ms McPhillips. I will start with direct provision and asylum seekers, albeit a lot of the questions have been asked already. There are just some issues I wanted to have clarified. There are a lot of myths around asylum seekers as I am sure the witnesses are aware. What exactly is direct provision in the sense of what it entitles a person to? What is directly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

David Cullinane: A number of Deputies have spoken about the human impact that direct provision has had on many people. Mr. Waters has obviously read much of the commentary around direct provision, so I am sure he is aware that it is not all positive. There has been a litany of articles through which we hear the testimony of their experiences from many residents in these centres. Some of it has been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: ...work has been done recently or what changes have been made in recent years to speed up the asylum process and ensure applications can be processed more quickly so that people are less dependent on direct provision, one way or another? If asylum is granted, the person is a refugee who can work and enjoy those freedoms they do not have in direct provision centres. What changes have been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I want to move on to the question of direct provision. Is that Mr. Dowling's area of responsibility? Did he answer questions about it earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ----- and that get taxpayers' money. There are real concerns that in years to come we will look back at how people living in direct provision centres may have been treated. I do not think the State will emerge smelling of roses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: When someone is in the direct provision programme and accommodation and the subsistence rate Mr. O'Driscoll outlined are being provided, is he or she allowed to work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Children in direct provision centres are also classed separately. There are a couple of separate categories and I was trying to tease out whether there were others.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 1802. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce spending measures related to ending direct provision; and the breakdown of the way they compare to existing spending for international protection applicants. [35542/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I will follow on from Teachta Jonathan O'Brien's questions. There are seven State-owned facilities that could act as direct provision centres. Is it the case that there are 28 private centres because the State does not have the capacity to deliver more? Perhaps it might not have buildings available. Is that why there are 28 private centres?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: ...emergency accommodation but that is only children who are in emergency accommodation funded by the Department. There are more. Do we have the extended figure which includes children in refuges or direct provision and so on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Would Mr. O'Driscoll have data regarding what percentage of the 10.5% remain in direct provision because they are awaiting judicial review? I am not asking him to give us names of individuals but to furnish the committee with a breakdown of the status of the people within that 10.5% figure. It would assist us in identifying if it is the case that people are awaiting the court process and,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ...have more refugees coming into the system because thankfully we are taking in some of the Syrian refugees. The asylum process can be very slow. Is it the case that that is increasing the cost for direct provision and that if we put more resources into fast-tracking the applications, that would reduce the cost? If we are spending €51 million on people in reception centres - some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

David Cullinane: I will come back in on the second round to ask some questions on direct provision but I have one final question for Mr. Waters on this issue. It is very important for us to get a sense of where people who have responsible positions in the public service sit on all these issues. While the Department is no longer the Accounting Officer, obviously there is still a relationship between it and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: ...issue. It shows how silly and pathetic Fine Gael has become. I am calling for a debate on immigration. Senator Ó Clochartaigh has done a significant amount of work on the need to reform the system of direct provision, but that has not happened. Sinn Féin is to the fore in making sure people are treated fairly and equally in this State. I ask for that debate to happen as soon...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: ...regard to the 10.5% cohort or the 20% cohort I have mentioned? I understand that in some cases, there may be judicial reviews or there may be other issues. Are the cases of long-term residents of direct provision centres the subject of ongoing examination to see what can be done and what the position is with such cases? Is an assessment made of whether we are waiting for information...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jun 2011)

David Cullinane: ...I appeal to the Minister to ensure that all of the health issues, both physical and psychological, which affect women who have undergone these acts are met by the Department of Health. The issue of direct provision was raised at the previous sitting and it is an issue the House could revisit. I have serious concerns about the whole process of how we treat asylum seekers. We are dealing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: ...or private housing, are afforded to people who live in reception centres. I do not accept that all the freedoms enjoyed by Mr. O'Driscoll and me are being enjoyed at this point in time by people in direct provision centres. Notwithstanding the change that has allowed some people to work, there are still some people who are not allowed to work. People cannot work up to nine months. Mr....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2011)

David Cullinane: ...must have the necessary laws in place, we also need to win the hearts and minds of communities whose members believe that FGM is acceptable. I have worked with immigrants and I am unhappy with the direct provision system in this State whereby many young women are corralled into reception centres and are thus very much out of sight and out of mind. On three occasions, as a public...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: ...have spoken prior to the Minister addressing the United Nations on Ireland's performance in respect of human rights: the way women are treated in this State; immigrants - the way we treat people in direct provision centres is appalling and should be examined by this Government and anyone who supports human rights; vulnerable groups, whether it is Travellers or victims of the economic...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

David Cullinane: ...and enforced. The current system is not fair and it is not efficient because it takes far too long for applications to be processed. We have been pointing this out for years. People are stuck in direct provision centres, often for years after a decision has been made to refuse their application. They are not returned home but stay in reception centres taking up space when we now have...