Results 1-20 of 197 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Connolly

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...Dr. Catherine Day produced a report back in September 2020, which said there was an urgent need for a cross-government approach. The report pointed out, as earlier reports had also observed, that direct provision was inhuman and not fit for purpose. Some 24 years later, we are still left with it. Yes, of course, there were over 100,000 people fleeing from the war in Ukraine but that is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1079. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capacity of each direct provision centre by county, to include the number of places available in each direct provision in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1080. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the occupancy of each direct provision centre, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11569/24]

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...on the importance of stability in a home, whether that is run by a mother or father, and we are putting a huge effort into the privatisation of childcare with public money. We have done this with direct provision and housing, and we are doing it with childcare. I would love, and I would work with the Government, to push out a public childcare system that fathers and mothers could use as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1070 of 7 November 2023, the status of the review of the project timelines for the implementation of the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new international protection support service; if the review has been completed to-date; the timeline for the publication of the review; and if he will make a...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...in that sea. A total of 110 million people have been displaced worldwide, of whom 43.3 million are children, due to wars, conflict and climate change, and for many other reasons. Ireland's direct provision system was brought in in 2000 as a temporary measure. I sat on the Committee of Public Accounts and was never impressed with the Department of Justice officials coming before me at...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...a few words on this matter. Background is always very helpful. When we talk about droves of people coming into the country, that is not accurate. We have a total of just under 26,000 people in direct provision. I hope I have a chance to come back to the inhuman, unacceptable direct provision we were supposed to finish a long time ago. Of those 26,000 people, a shocking number have...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I would love to talk to the Minister about this but I only have a few minutes remaining. I appreciate his work but, unfortunately, he has not ended direct provision. This Government has presided over mixed messages with regard to our approach to asylum seekers in every possible way, creating a two-tier system and pitting communities against each other. It is all inconsistent. Not too...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the implementation of each of the three recommendations in the special report by the Ombudsman for Children, “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” (October 2023); the timeline for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., Integration and Youth the timeline for the introduction of a payment equivalent to child benefit for all children in the international protection process, as promised in the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 4 July 2023, the status of the review of the projected timelines for the implementation of the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new international protection support service; if the review has been completed to date; the timeline for the publication of the review; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., Integration, and Youth with regard to the introduction of a payment equivalent to child benefit for all children in the international protection process, as promised in the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46451/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...serious concerns for the welfare of children. In my next supplementary question I will speak more about this. My question is in the context of this and the White Paper which promised to abolish direct provision. The Ombudsman acknowledges the terrible pressure on the Government given the number of refugees who have come to our country in the past year. I also acknowledge this....

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...system for refugees in Ireland. We treat one group from a particular country in one way, while we treat another group of asylum seekers in a completely different way. We have been keeping them in direct provision, which was supposed to be a temporary measure, for 23 years. Those are the reasons I have the most serious questions about this Bill.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (4 Jul 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 73 of 30 May 2023, the status of the review of the projected timelines for the implementation of the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new international protection support service; if the review has been completed to date; the timeline for the publication of the review; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (4 Jul 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to follow up on a previous question about direct provision. I would like an update on the review of the implementation of the times for the White Paper recommendations and for the establishment of the new international protection support service. I ask that question given the long history that we are very familiar with in direct provision.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (4 Jul 2023)

Catherine Connolly: .... When we asked questions about that, there was not enough money. I just want to put it in perspective. There is a huge lack of staff. There are almost 22 years of history in this regard. Direct provision was to be temporary. We all welcomed the White Paper. We had Catherine Day with another document. We had McMahon with another document and the Ombudsman. They all told us that...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., however big or small, to make a profit. That is exactly what Government policy is. The Minister of State has inherited that. I realise she is on record as saying she would like change so as to have more direct provision. I welcome that. The findings of the review are absolutely stark. I have only a minute and a half left, so I will not be able to go through them. Pay and conditions...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., or other bodies, to make changes. If we look at the health system, it is not a legal issue, but we let it become completely dysfunctional and then set up the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to deal with the dysfunctional system, which itself has become embedded in the system even though it was supposed to be a temporary measure. Regarding direct provision, we have an obligation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (30 May 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 30 March 2023, the status of the review of the projected timelines for the implementation of the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new international protection support service; if the review has been completed to date; the timeline for the publication of the review; if he will outline the...