Results 1-8 of 8 for "direct provision" speaker:Mary Butler

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: ...for home care workers working in the HSE are better than some of the private providers, yet we are still challenged trying to recruit through the HSE. There are challenges there. We want to increase the direct provision of home support provided by the HSE. Nursing home care is an 80-20 split, with 80% private and 20% public. That is what we are doing to try to support workers. One...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (21 Sep 2022)

Mary Butler: ...about today by enabling vulnerable groups to access oral healthcare and improve their oral health. I have taken on board everything the Deputy said. I had a case where I was contacted by somebody in a direct provision centre in Carrick-on-Suir, which is not in my constituency but is only a few miles down the road. Again, I was able to go through the HSE and refer her on. It did take...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: 366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address matters raised in correspondence in relation to the direct provision system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49618/21]

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Mary Butler: ...languages. We are now a country of many different races and languages, and we do not all just speak English and Irish. I was questioned in the Dáil last week about what we are doing for people in direct provision, for example, with ill mental health and those supports are there in up to 15 different languages. We are trying to ensure they are accessible to everybody. There is...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Mary Butler: ...provide counselling supports. MyMind, for example, has provided 10,000 instances of counselling supports in 15 different languages for people living in Ireland and this supports people who live in direct provision.

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Mary Butler: ...cases in these communities. The HSE produced Covid-19 guidelines for homeless and vulnerable groups and this provides general advice about preventing the spread of Covid-19 in homeless settings and other vulnerable group settings, including direct provision. In Dublin, more than 1,000 additional beds were provided and 400 additional beds were put in place in other local authorities...

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

Mary Butler: We are joined from committee room 1 by officials from the Department of Justice and Equality to deal with the response to the Covid outbreak in direct provision centres. I welcome Ms Oonagh Buckley, deputy Secretary General, civil justice and equality, Mr. Michael Kirrane, assistant secretary and head of immigration service delivery, and Mr. Mark Wilson, principal officer, international...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: Does Ms Dunne wish to take the question on direct provision?