Results 1-8 of 8 for "direct provision" speaker:Jack Chambers

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: ...s opening statement. I only have one question. I ask the delegates to tell me if it has been asked because it is rude to start repeating questions. The Ombudsman is aware that we have visited direct provision centres. He has done work on this issue. The recast EU directive on reception conditions was mentioned. What can a vulnerable person going through the cycle of emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Does Ms Buckley accept that the Department has one set of standards for direct provision centres and less governance control over emergency accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is Ms Buckley satisfied that every child in a direct provision centre has access to education services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Does the Department audit that? The suggestion is that the Department has no awareness. Does it audit that within direct provision centres? Is it only audited if the matter is brought to the attention of the Department? How does it assess the position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Has the Department formalised any concerns about other issues within direct provision centres that might necessitate closures in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: ..., and having to live a life in a country, that is similar to prisoners in Mountjoy Prison. That is a stark reminder of the ongoing, sheer and shocking level of human rights abuses in our direct provision centres. I am slightly alarmed if our mental health services are providing a sticking plaster approach by way of sleeping tablets. What is the experience of people living in direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: ...terms of the afterpiece, do we need to oblige local authorities to be involved to a greater extent or even to improve the legal threshold with regard to healthcare rights for people who come out of direct provision and who are potentially accommodated? How do we continually provide a rounded intervention for them as they progress through society? In Canada, for example, that is done in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (8 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans to address the issues with the direct provision system; if he will consider alternatives to direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18589/19]