Results 1-6 of 6 for "direct provision" speaker:Shane Cassells

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

Shane Cassells: Mr. O'Driscoll clarified for Deputy Connolly that there were 38 centres, 31 of which are commercially owned, while seven are State-owned, for the 5,980 people in the direct provision system and that the cost last year was €77 million, that, potentially, will rise to €100 million this year. There is the additional cost of maintaining 517 persons in hotel accommodation.

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

Shane Cassells: Let us consider the Department believed it to be only a short-term measure prior to Christmas because it had anticipated housing people in direct provision centres. Were these figures anticipated? Are they scheduled costs for the Department? If that was the cost in the first quarter of the year, potentially, it will cost between €12 million and €14 million more to provide...

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)

Shane Cassells: I will keep to direct provision. It is a very challenging issue, not just for the Department and agencies but in respect of attitudes in society. We need to have a debate on it because everybody expresses outrage when they see the body of a dead child but, when people look for the provision of services, the outcry is "not here". People are outraged by images on Facebook but when faced with...

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)

Shane Cassells: ...operators, the point has been made that it is a big business and it has also been the subject of a lot of commentary. In his opening statement, Mr. Waters said there were no cheaper alternatives to direct provision. He said that, in the open market, tenders came in with higher prices. I want to explore that. Obviously, Mosney is commercially owned. Mr. McCluskey owns it. I served on...

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)

Shane Cassells: ...doors and access facilities in the city centre. People in Mosney are a long way from accessing any type of facilities for their day-to-day lives. Last year, the State paid €43.5 million to eight direct provision operators. Mosney was one of the biggest, and received €7 million. The point is that it is big business. I note the point made by Mr. Waters in terms of what was...

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)

Shane Cassells: ...child care being picked up by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, who is on our television screens at the moment. That was the subject of the Irish Refugees Council report on children in direct provision relating to decent child care facilities and so forth. What is the situation?