Results 1-15 of 15 for "direct provision" speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Transport (27 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...specialist disability services, including day services and rehabilitative training, to people with disabilities who require such services. While the HSE has no statutory obligation relating to the direct provision of transport services some transport supports are provided by the HSE or funded agencies on a discretionary basis, and a variety of transport solutions are pursued in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (14 Jun 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...several residents of the Courtown emergency centre, at an online meeting with Places of Sanctuary on Thursday, 10 June. That meeting involved a wide-ranging discussion about all aspects of direct provision and the international protection process with people who are at different stages. This included people living in direct provision whose applications have still to be determined; people...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors in the care of Tusla; if these children are placed in direct provision once they turn 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (26 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Nearly 2,000 children are in direct provision at the moment. It is regrettable that 30 of those children are failing to access education in Monaghan. I wonder if this problem has arisen because they are housed in temporary accommodation. Is that the problem behind it? If so, is there a way that the Departments of Justice and Equality and Education and Skills can ensure that, when we are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (22 Oct 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process which will be utilised when engaging with local communities that have been chosen as possible locations for potential direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (22 Oct 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the evaluation due for completion in mid-November 2019 outlining potential new locations in the western region for direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43028/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision centres under consideration for development in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39513/19]

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: ...of the International Protection Act 2015 as it provided for the introduction of a single procedure for international protection applications. It was a key recommendation of the McMahon working group on direct provision. The old system led to excessive delays in processing applications resulting in asylum seekers spending many years awaiting a decision on their application. Since the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (29 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the welfare and well-being of children in direct provision centres following revelations that children there have been denied food while sick; and if this issue has been drawn to his attention. [45935/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Annual Report of Ombudsman for Children 2016: Discussion (16 Jan 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: ...might slip downwards but complaints about health care provision might increase. In the short time available to me I shall focus on areas that I have noted. The witnesses have spoken about direct provision. I am also interested in what happens to undocumented individuals. Yet again I shall talk in local terms and refer to the undocumented Brazilian children who live in Galway and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (13 Jul 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: ...amount Tusla provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; her plans for the agency to take over the direct provision of child counselling services; and if she or the agency have examined providing child counselling services via family resource centres. [33973/17]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: ...and I met was at NUI Galway last year at the launch of the inclusive centenaries scholarships. It was a great day of celebration when scholarships were announced for young asylum seekers living in direct provision. NUI Galway is providing scholarships for people who have done incredibly well in education, giving them the opportunity to go forward. The young people told powerful stories,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Jan 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age living in direct provision in each of the years 2011 to 2016, broken down by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1019/17]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: ...that regard. The parents of children with disabilities face a huge issues and I would love to hear what the ombudsman is going to say to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. Children in direct provision are not mentioned. I attended recently the "Inclusive Centenaries" conference in NUIG which was the most amazing conference I have attended in a long time. We listened to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (12 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: ...Agency, provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; her plans and proposals for the agency to take over the direct provision of child counselling services; and if she or the agency has examined providing child counselling services via family resource centres. [21150/16]