Results 1-4 of 4 for "direct provision" speaker:Denise Mitchell

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Denise Mitchell: ...been calling for mobile health units for homeless women for years. There is nothing in the document that focuses on improving access for women who are homeless, which is disappointing. There is no mention of women in direct provision either. Two of the most vulnerable groups of women have been overlooked in this plan. My colleague, Deputy Clarke, received an answer to a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (9 Jul 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children resident in direct provision centres; the length of time such persons have been in direct provision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/19]

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: ...particular, recent moves by Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council to roll out free sanitary products in their buildings. I wish to highlight the issue of period poverty among those in direct provision centres. In November, the Minister for Justice and Equality told my colleague, Deputy Adams, in a response to a parliamentary question that the independent living model would...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: ...island grow up in poverty and homeless. One judges a society by how it treats its most vulnerable, and children who are homeless, children with disabilities, children in State care, and children in direct provision centres all need to be prioritised because they are our most vulnerable citizens. The motion speaks about childcare. It has been shown time and again that investment in...