Results 1-10 of 10 for "direct provision" speaker:Michael Harty

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

Michael Harty: The operation of the direct provision system has been virtually unchanged for 20 years. It is run by civil servants in the Department of Justice and Equality who impose a top-down approach. I propose that this should be reversed and that a bottom-up approach be taken instead. Many non-governmental organisations and community organisations would be willing to assist the Department in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2019)

Michael Harty: My question is on direct provision. Direct provision is a system for accommodating those who are seeking asylum and it is now 20 years old. In general terms, it seeks to provide protection for those who are fleeing either political or religious persecution. It is an outdated system and needs to change. It was originally introduced in 1999 as a temporary emergency measure. The system has...

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Harty: ...the motion, one of which is homeless women. It must be a very difficult issue for homeless women who do not have access to toilets and privacy to deal with their menstruation. It is an issue for women in direct provision and also for women in our Traveller community who do not have secure and permanent living circumstances. There are many sectors of society in which this issue is far...

Topical Issue Debate: Educational Supports (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I raise the issue of Lisdoonvarna national school. Lisdoonvarna is a very famous town in County Clare. The school has had to take in 18 extra pupils over the past three months because a direct provision centre opened in Lisdoonvarna at the beginning of March and now has 115 asylum seekers, 18 of which are schoolgoing children attending the primary school. The sudden influx of pupils has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Dec 2017)

Michael Harty: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it regrettable that it is a Supreme Court challenge which is granting adults in direct provision the right to work rather than his Department, which has been working with the current system for nearly two decades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Harty: 53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the lives of children in direct provision have improved since April 2017 when the children's Ombudsman began accepting complaints from children or on behalf of children living in these centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50190/17]

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Michael Harty: Direct provision needs to be reviewed in its entirety because it has become an institutional form of living. Many asylum seekers have been waiting more than five years to have their asylum application processed. That leads them to live in accommodation that is entirely unsuitable for them for prolonged periods. They are banned from taking up work, live in a state of idleness and are...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Michael Harty: I wish to raise the issue of direct provision, specifically in the context of the recent issuing of letters to single male asylum seekers who are on deportation orders telling them that they must vacate their direct provision centres within four weeks. Many are from countries, such as, for example, Somalia and Palestine, to which Ireland cannot deport people. Will this new policy extend to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Link between Homelessness and Health: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)

Michael Harty: ...Departments. If one can cut the number of people entering homelessness, one can start solving the problems. On previous occasions, this committee has heard evidence from people coming out of direct provision, or prison into homelessness or being discharged from hospital and going back into homelessness. There do not seem to be supports available to help them stay off the streets. ...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Refugee Council (19 May 2016)

Michael Harty: Are residents officially deemed to be homeless when they go into direct provision and the emergency reception and orientation centres? At what stage do they become homeless? Is it when they leave those centres? In respect of integration, is there no system of integration the moment people arrive in the reception centres or the emergency orientation centres? Is integration not a part of...