Results 1-15 of 15 for "direct provision" speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Mark Ward: ...the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether a management company (details supplied) or IPAS are asking people with the right to remain to leave direct provision centres; if he will guarantee that these people will not be made homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11447/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: .... I am delighted because it goes to show what can happen in communities such as my own. When the centre was being closed down, members of my community went out and rallied behind the people in the direct provision centre to keep them there because its residents were a part of our community. The issues were not at same level as we have now. I meet residents on a regular basis. As I...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: ...put on people now to move out. We all know there was nowhere for people to go; they could not find anywhere. They were able to access homeless housing assistance payment, HAP, for example, when in direct provision but even with that, they still could not find anywhere because of the scarcity of accommodation. Over the past while, and most of this is from anecdotal evidence, residents...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: ...the Dáil. I am delighted to have the opportunity to come in here and to listen to all the witnesses and everything they had to say. I am from Clondalkin. We have one of the longest-established direct provision centres in our area. Contrary to what is going on now, a couple of years ago, the Clondalkin Towers Direct Provision centre was in danger of closing and being moved out of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (22 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: ...to be doing business with any elected representative. My community in Clondalkin is very generous and welcoming, much like the community in East Wall. In fact, when there were threats to close a direct provision centre in my area in Clondalkin, the local people rallied behind the residents in the direct provision centre because the people in that centre had become part of our...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: The Government made the important commitment to end direct provision and the situation in Ukraine and other world crises impact that. One of the biggest direct provision centres is in my area in Clondalkin. It is there a long time and the families are part of our community at this stage. They play on the local football team and go to school with my kids and other children in the area. ...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: ...’s staff members could send me on the contact details of that staff member in the DRHE, that would be very welcome. I just had a couple of people on to me in the past couple of days who are in direct provision and are struggling to find a way out. I do not know if they have had that support. When I asked them, they had not got it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Mark Ward: .... Dr. Keogh stated that a holistic approach is required. I am not just referring to the traditional front-line mental health supports. Those working in family resource centres, youth services and direct provision centres are all on the front line of this mental health crisis and emergency. People are banging down their doors seeking to access the care they need, when and where they...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Mark Ward: 481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available for a person residing in direct provision who is suffering with mental health difficulties that make living in close proximity with other residents difficult for the person and to the other residents; and if more suitable accommodation can be secured in such cases. [37193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Mark Ward: 461. To ask the Minister for Health when persons living in direct provision centres are due to be vaccinated given that they are living in places in which persons are in close proximity with each other and mostly in an indoor setting. [29139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Mark Ward: 462. To ask the Minister for Health when staff working in direct provision centres are due to be vaccinated given that they are living in places in which persons are in close proximity with each other and mostly in an indoor setting. [29140/21]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: ...to the forefront at Christmas. Taking into consideration those who are homeless that the Government does not count in its official figures such as those in domestic violence accommodation and those in direct provision accommodation, over 3,000 children will be homeless this Christmas. Over 3,000 children will wake up on Christmas morning without a safe and secure roof over their head. A...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: I have a couple of comments and, perhaps, a couple of questions as I go along. I am from Clondalkin which, as the Minister will be aware, has a big direct provision centre. While we have advocated and pushed for years to move away from people not having their own door in the area, this still brings up fears within the community in the direct provision centre that because of this policy,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Mark Ward: 924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provisions have been or are being made to provide PPE for persons in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Mark Ward: 1299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from direct provision centres presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and or overdose by location in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22029/20]