Results 1-20 of 65 for "direct provision" speaker:Helen McEntee

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Programme for Government commits to ending the current system of Direct Provision within the lifetime of the Government and replacing it with a new international protection accommodation policy centred on a not-for-profit approach. Dr Catherine Day has chaired an expert group with representation from asylum seekers and NGOs to examine best practice in the provision of services to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to end the current system of Direct Provision within the lifetime of the Government and to replace it with a new international protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach.  Last year, Dr Catherine Day was asked to bring together an expert group with representation from asylum seekers and NGOs to examine...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (30 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...to contract bed spaces in hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses to meet demand. The premises referred to by the Deputy is one of those premises contracted on an emergency basis.  As it is not contracted as a Direct Provision Centre, the inspection regime operated by my Department does not apply to this premises. This is because the inspection regime is designed to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...to contract bed spaces in hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses to meet demand. The Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay is one of those premises contracted on an emergency basis. As it is not contracted as a Direct Provision Centre, the inspection regime that exists within my Department does not apply to this premises. This is because the inspection regime is designed to monitor compliance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Direct Provision system has provided accommodation, food, healthcare and other essential needs for more than 65,000 people since its inception some twenty years ago. While it ensures that these basic needs are met, the intervening years have shown that people claiming international protection need a system that is responsive to their individual needs and that fully respects...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...committed to ensuring that Ireland provides protection to those seeking refuge from conflict and persecution, as is required under international law. The Government is also committed to ending the Direct Provision system within the lifetime of the Government and to replacing it with a new international protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach. Last year, Dr...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...and published thereafter. The intention is to publish a White Paper by the end of this year, informed by the recommendations of the Expert Group, which will set out how a replacement to the Direct Provision system will be structured and the steps to achieving it. It will be a matter for the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration to progress the matter and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Engagement with the Minister for Justice (6 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...absence. This section was not ready but was subsequently approved by Government along with one other head, although I am not sure which one. As to whether people will be entitled to avail of direct provision and so forth, we are again trying to mirror our current arrangements. If somebody is entitled to apply, having not come from a first country or third safe country, they will still...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (30 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: .... The commitments we have made in the programme for Government now provide us with a unique opportunity to finally get this right after 20 years. We have committed to ending the current system of direct provision within the lifetime of the Government and replacing it with a new international protection accommodation policy which is focused on a not-for-profit approach. Responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...funding from my Department has also been established as an additional support for residents during this time. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to end the current system of Direct Provision within the lifetime of the Government and to replace it with a new international protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach. The intention is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...19 crisis, my Department does not maintain data on the number of such households. The best available information is that, as of 30 August 2020, there were 7,056 residents being accommodated in Direct Provision centres, of whom 3,804 belong to a family group. These 3,804 residents belong to 1,185 individual family groups.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...in the State has been considered in detail and all available appeals processes have been exhausted. Persons who have sought International Protection, many but not all of whom reside in the Direct Provision system, are only subject to a deportation order when they have either not engaged with the application process or their case has been considered in detail and all available appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to end the current system of Direct Provision within the lifetime of the Government and to replace it with a new international protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach. Last year, Dr Catherine Day was asked to bring together an expert group with representation from asylum seekers and NGOs to examine best...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applicants who wish to accept the offer of accommodation from the Irish State. For reasons of confidentiality, the Department does not comment on the status of individuals housed at particular Direct Provision centres or elsewhere.

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...for themselves and their families and to see their children go to school. They had come from very difficult circumstances and wanted to start afresh in this country. Dealing with the issues in the direct provision system is an absolute priority for me in the short space of time that it will be under my remit. It is a priority for the Minister with responsibility for equality and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration, will publish a White Paper by the end of this year, informed by the recommendations of the Advisory Group, which will set out how a replacement to the Direct Provision system will be structured and the steps to achieving it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Direct Provision centre inspection reports up to mid 2018 were published on a dedicated website www.ria-inspections.gov.ie. Due to technical difficulties with that website, subsequent reports have been published on a separate website www.ria.gov.ie where reports of inspections up to March 2020 are available. As a result of the health and safety restrictions with respect to the COVID-19...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...Deputy has been contracted by my Department on a rolling basis since April 2020, to support the Department’s COVID-19 response and specifically to provide short-term accommodation to persons in the Direct Provision system who are required by the health authorities to isolate after a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.  For this reason, details of the number of people accommodated...

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: I thank Senators for inviting me here to speak today on what is a very important topic for them, and for me as Minister for Justice and Equality. The direct provision system has provided accommodation, food, healthcare and other essential needs for more than 65,000 people since its inception some 20 years ago. While it ensures their basic needs are met, the intervening years have taught us...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (22 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...as stated in the Programme for Government is to publish a White Paper by the end of this year, informed by the recommendations of the Expert Group, which will set out how a replacement to the Direct Provision system will be structured and the steps to achieving it. It will be a matter for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, to progress the matter following the transfer of this...