Results 1-9 of 9 for "direct provision" speaker:Imelda Munster

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: ...as a emergency temporary accommodation campsite. Obviously, they will be modular homes such as bedsits. How would the White Paper and the directive to move away from emergency accommodation and direct provision centres marry with such a development? It is over a five-year period but it could be extended. Mr. McCarthy stated the Department is determined to move away from that type of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: The briefing notes the number of people in direct provision accommodation. Is it correct that the annual cost per individual works out at approximately €15,000?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: In light of the widely reported deficiencies in direct provision, does the Department engage with the management of each centre? Given the reports of drastic failings in some direct provision centres, how does it gauge whether standards are met? What supervision is in place in terms of public money being spent? How does the Department know that standards are kept up? What is its procedure...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: On serial testing in direct provision centres, this did not commence until September despite the fact that there had been discussions on it since the early summer? Why did it not commence until September?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: On the maximum number of people who are not related sharing a room, it is recommended that not more than three people who are unrelated share a room in a direct provision centre. To what extent is that adhered to and can Ms McPhillips provide statistics in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Earlier, we discussed inspections of direct provision centres. Are they carried out on request or are they a standard procedure?

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: ...but all across the country. At the time that these decisions were taken, we knew where the main risks were, but the Government chose to turn a blind eye to the dreadful situations in some meat plants and in direct provision centres. Even after authorities had been warned about possible outbreaks due to non-adherence to public health guidelines in meat plants, this Government still...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: The initial policy had been a maximum six-month stay in direct provision. It is clear that the process is not working and that claims are not being processed anywhere near that time. According to the figures, 766 people have been in direct provision or emergency accommodation for three to four years, and more than 500 for four to five years. Many of them came here looking for work and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the residents of Mosney direct provision centre are compelled to shop on site by the use of a points system; if her Department authorised this system; if this is now part of Government policy for all direct provision refugee centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23130/17]