Results 1-20 of 21 for "direct provision" speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not know where to start. I have lived beside a direct provision centre in my home parish for the best part of 23 years. We have always been welcoming to migrants from all over the world, and who have settled well and integrated into our community. I would like to bring some balance to the debate. I have been listening upstairs, and listening to the latest speech from the Sinn...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the transfer of residents from a direct provision centre in Cork (details supplied); the engagement his Department has had with residents; if the decision to transfer people will be reviewed considering many include school-going children; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (12 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what criteria must be met for a person living in direct provision to be eligible for HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54954/23]

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...regard. I welcome Dr. Muldoon and his team to the Visitors Gallery. I first came across Dr. Muldoon in 2020, when I was on the petitions committee and we were discussing the White Paper on ending direct provision. The context was very different back then compared with where we are today. It is important we understand that context and appreciate the difficulties the Minister and his...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...Protection if, following the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Projections Process, there are plans to increase the direct provision allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15049/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of inspections undertaken by the Health Information and Quality Authority on direct provision centres to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35739/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The impact on the educational outcomes of children that were in direct provision and emergency accommodation has been documented. Could Ms Ward please elaborate on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...have any idea how many complaints have been made? If time allows, I will ask one last question about a student's ability to learn. Ms Ward touched on the impact in terms of students who come from direct provision or emergency accommodation. If she has time, she could elaborate on that as well.

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...for us. There are only two secondary schools on my side of the city which would have any capacity to take any of these people who are fleeing from Ukraine. That is also something we need to look at. On direct provision, the Minister said in his opening comments that we are still adhering to the White Paper commitment that direct provision will be wound down by 2024. This emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (27 Jul 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1643. To ask the Minister for Health when HIQA plans to inspect the direct provision centres; if it has, the number that have been condemned; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have died while living in direct provision since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HIQA inspections that have taken place in direct provision centres to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38423/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...stark. I have a number of questions and I would appreciate a response to them. Dr. Lannon referenced the Ombudsman for Children's report. From the perspective of my own interaction, there are two direct provision centres in my immediate area and I would have had much interaction with them during the years having been involved with community and sporting groups and so on. It was stark...

Committee on Public Petitions: Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision Report: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...there is so much in it. It is a testament to the good work the ombudsman's office has put in and it confirms a number of the concerns expressed by many of us have who have had interactions with direct provision centres in our constituencies over the years. To be fair, Ms Ward acknowledged that a lot of good work goes on in those facilities. I live not too far from the centre located in...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My sentiments centre on, as previous speakers have discussed, what we can do here and now. I welcome the publication of the White Paper on ending direct provision and establishing a new international protection support service. It is a big step. It will be a complex process and, undoubtedly, will require time to deliver. We all are aware of the shortcomings of the current system. The new...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...adequate sick pay entitlements for all. I welcome the Government and Opposition's unanimity in pursuing this goal. It is agreed that many workers attended work in congregated settings, meat factories, direct provision centres and so on out of fear that being absent from work would lead to a loss of income. We need to ensure that adequate sick pay provision is one of the first measures...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (20 Oct 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons seeking asylum who have moved out of direct provision accommodation in order to avoid overcrowding and are now residing elsewhere still qualify for their direct provision allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31133/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the expert group on direct provision will be publishing its recommendations; if there is a timeline in place for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23715/20]