Results 1-20 of 76 for "direct provision" speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: I want to raise a story that broke on Monday where 30 children in an emergency direct provision centre in Carrickmacross have been denied education for two months. This is absolutely shocking. Any time we have to deal with a child who does not have access to a school place is wrong. This raises many questions. When did the Department of Justice and Equality become aware of this? When did...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (11 Dec 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to an adult living in direct provision; the amount provided for each child living in direct provision; and her plans to increase the amount provided to each. [51944/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (18 Jun 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to an adult living in direct provision; the amount given for each child living in direct provision; and his plans to increase the amount given to each. [25267/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (5 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons being accommodated in direct provision; the length of time they have been in direct provision in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44565/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (26 Jun 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a hotel (details supplied) in County Laois is being used for persons in direct provision; if not; if there are plans to make the hotel a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26828/19]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...he has done. I am in no doubt that the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, in everything he is doing in this area, is incredibly well intentioned and is working hard to improve the lot of those in direct provision. That, essentially, is what we all are aiming and hoping for. I also acknowledge that while the Minister of State cannot respond to what we are saying, I appreciate that he...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I wish to refer to the decision that was announced this morning in relation to Oughterard and the fact that the tender for a direct provision centre has been withdrawn. This is incredibly worrying, particularly following on from what happened in Rooskey and Moville. At the end of the day, the direct provision system is far from ideal. It was introduced 20 years ago as a temporary measure....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (3 Oct 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision in each direct provision centre for one year or less, one to two years, two to three years, three to four years, four to five years and more than five years in 2016 and to date in 2017. [41473/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in direct provision in each direct provision centre for one year or less, one to two years, two to three years, three to four years, four to five years and more than five years, in tabular form; and the equivalent data for the same date in 2016. [19110/17]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...from joining the workforce. Aissa Sow, who lived in the centre, fled from Guinea without her family in 2011. Recently she was publicly interviewed. Her description of feeling like a prisoner in direct provision is a reminder of just how hard is the process. Her story ended happily as she was granted asylum and has now applied for her mother to join her. She is lucky. There is no...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...workers highlighted that many children seeking asylum are deported with very little warning. There is no engagement with the social care worker. It is wrong and very worrying. The open nature of direct provision means sometimes children can be exposed to unsuitable persons and behaviours. We all accept that direct provision can be an inherently stressful experience causing additional...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: .... The deputy secretary general in the Department of Justice and Equality has admitted that the use of accommodation was sub-optimal as it is not possible to impose standards in the same way as in direct provision centres. I was told by somebody in Fáilte Ireland recently that many of these centres are still registered as hotels with Fáilte Ireland, which is causing another...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Deputies often follow proceedings in their offices, as I did while preparing to come to the House to speak. I will share time with Deputy Lisa Chambers. Direct provision is an unnatural setting. Living in direct provision significantly interferes with the right to have one's private family life protected. Gandhi wrote: The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its...

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Some 36% of residents spend two years or more in the system which has been described as a form of internment. The delays in assessing applications are unacceptable and the long periods spent in the direct provision system have a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of residents. It impedes integration and creates a legacy of dependency. Is any other reform of the direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (12 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the direct provision centres that are State and privately run by county, in tabular form; the cost of each State run centre in 2016; the projected cost of same in 2017; the cost to the State of each privately run centre in 2016; the projected cost of same in 2017; the number of residents in each centre on 30 Jun 2017 or the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (9 Nov 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers in direct provision awaiting a decision on their right to refugee status; the number of persons who have been granted refugee status but are still living in direction provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33924/16]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Kerry Group to ensure that negotiations take place on retaining these jobs, if possible, and that no other jobs leave Ireland. What is happening is a disgrace. I welcome the White Paper on the ending of direct provision. This is a significant development which complies with the commitment in the programme for Government on ending direct provision. Coincidentally, I submitted a...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I refer to the 1,200 children who are currently living in direct provision, some of whom are in my constituency in the Eyre Powell in Newbridge. Deputy Rabbitte met a group from Mosney at the recent Foróige awards and was most impressed with them. Does the Minister believe that children seeking asylum in Ireland are treated equally and fairly by Ireland's child welfare and protection...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...for this matter to come to their attention. Has the Department of Education and Skills been in contact with the families? One mother said on a radio station on Monday that she was told both by the direct provision centre and the schools that they had to wait. The Minister might let us know the position on that. Is he aware of any other children in any of the direct provision centres...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister says there should be no differentiation between the children who come to our shores under the direct provision model and our own children. I could not agree with her more but unfortunately it would seem there is a differentiation. The Minister also said that Ireland is regarded very highly for the way it supports these children yet in September 2006, in its review of Ireland's...