Results 1-17 of 17 for "direct provision" speaker:Gino Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: 205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of persons in direct provision who have leave to remain getting eviction notices when they cannot find a place to live, and persons are being forcibly removed from direct provision centres (details supplied). [34545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: 206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can outline the IPAS policy on forcing persons out of direct provision centres if they cannot find accommodation within HAP limits, especially if this results in them having to leave employment or study if the centre they are told to move to is not in travel distance of employment or college. [34546/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Many people in direct provision centres have leave to remain. Some of them have of late received letters from international protection accommodation services, IPAS, telling them to leave the centre for a different part of the country. Some residents, particularly those in Clondalkin Towers, have important jobs and are being educated locally. It is extremely unfair to ask them to leave...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend eligibility for CE schemes to people in direct provision, as has been done for Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to change the way in which data on deaths in direct provision are collected by State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36250/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I welcome the Government's commitment to phase out direct provision, which as I have said previously, has been a cruel system for those seeking sanctuary in Ireland. When they came to Ireland, they were given sanctuary but in a system of direct provision that sometimes lasted for up to seven to eight years. It is good that it is being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: The most important people in this debate are the people who find themselves in direct provision. People have exited direct provision and played a huge part at community and national level, having worked and raised families here. They are a great addition to their communities. There is a cohort of over 7,000 people still in direct provision, some of them for many years and in pretty bad...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 6. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s policy in relation to the direct provision system; the timeframe for ending same; if he will report on recent comments in the media in relation to the issue and the programme for Government policy on direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42530/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: My question refers to the commitment in the programme for Government to phase out direct provision. As the Minister will know, direct provision has existed in this country for more than 20 years. What was meant to be a temporary solution has become permanent, with devastating consequences for those in direct provision. I would like to hear the Minister's answer to this questions.

Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (14 Nov 2019)

Gino Kenny: .... This has been going on for the last seven or eight years but it could have been fixed. The welfare of children is paramount, whether we are talking about children in emergency accommodation, in direct provision or those who are disadvantaged by social exclusion and poverty. It is not their fault that they are homeless or that they have to wait two and a half years for an intervention....

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Gino Kenny: ...absolutely shameful. We have debated this so much that I feel I am hitting my head against a wall because the Government does not seem to be acting. At the moment, there are 1,800 children in direct provision, a very unnatural environment for them and their families. That has to be a shameful stain on our society. Other Deputies have mentioned young people coming out of care and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (22 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of all direct provision centres; the person or body they are owned by; the amount direct provision has cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17152/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform or abolish direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10140/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...on the Government to tax the rich to reduce inequality and fund public services, including a doubling of the mental health budget. To help relieve the social causes of distress, we advocate an increase in the direct provision of public service jobs, housing and welfare and pay rises for workers across the private and public sectors. We support the PNA's proposal for a strike to protest...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to change the practice in direct provision which precludes asylum seekers from accessing kitchen facilities and cooking their own food. [6667/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the companies which provide food in the direct provision centres. [6668/16]