Results 1-5 of 5 for "direct provision" speaker:Colm Burke

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: ...on waiting lists for elective surgery can be dealt with in a timely manner. I thank the Minister for the work he is doing. I join my colleagues who have raised the issue of Nadim Hussain in the direct provision centre on the Kinsale Road, Cork. It is a very serious issue. While I know it cuts across a number of Departments, something needs to be done on that issue and I ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (13 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: ...-19 pandemic; the party which is legally responsible for the management of all complex contact tracing such as all outbreaks in schools and workplaces and all prevention in vulnerable groups such as direct provision residents and the Travelling community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44714/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses for coming in and all the people working in the direct provision centres and in their administration. Ms Buckley referred to about 8,000 residents currently in direct provision. In how many cases are decisions on applications pending? Of those cases, how many judicial review procedures are in place? Can we have an idea of those figures?

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Colm Burke: ...and thank him for the work he is doing in this area. One of the big issues we need to approach is the question of the time delay in the processing of applications. Some 21% of those currently in direct provision are there for seven years or longer, while 13.1% are there for six to seven years and 10.6% are there for five to six years. Quite a number of people, therefore, are in the...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)

Colm Burke: ...and ensure the Bill is carefully planned in a constructive manner so that we have a comprehensive scheme in place in the future to deal with this issue. Members who have been involved in debate on direct provision and in highlighting the deficiencies in the system have brought this issue forward and I welcome that. However, it is also important that we approach the issue carefully and...