Results 1-19 of 19 for "direct provision" speaker:Joe O'Brien

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

Joe O'Brien: ...plan is that there will be one of these practitioners in every Tusla area. I think there will be 17 in total, and some of these are in place now. This will improve the situation on the ground in direct provision centres.

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

Joe O'Brien: ...residence condition is provided for in Irish social welfare legislation and is in accordance with EU legislation and with European Court of Justice jurisprudence. The White Paper on Ending Direct Provision was published in February 2020. It sets out a structure for a two-phase approach to accommodating applicants for international protection. In phase 1, the Department of Social...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...response of Irish communities to new arrivals continues to be welcoming and supportive. I will pick up on a number of points mentioned this evening. We remain committed to the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision. Obviously, it has suffered a setback over the last year but the structures have been put in place to start that process. I also express solidarity with other Members of...

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

Joe O'Brien: ...Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protections Process, chaired by Dr Catherine Day, was published in September 2020. A White Paper to End Direct Provision was subsequently adopted by the Government in February 2021. The Department of Social Protection currently administers the Daily Expenses Allowance to applicants for international...

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

Joe O'Brien: ...to be in receipt of a qualifying payment for 12 months or more. Any person who has been granted Refugee status is eligible to apply for CE. However, International Protection Applicants who are in direct provision are not eligible for CE as they are not in receipt of a qualifying payment. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputies.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...employees reported across the 5 organisations with outputs outlined below: - 433 Bicycles Upcycled - 49 of these have been redirected to relevant end users (those on low incomes, disadvantaged individuals/communities, and those in direct provision or similar). - A total of 4 individuals have been certified as qualified bike mechanics/trainers through the programme. - A total of 10...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...crisis arising from the conflict in Ukraine. A call for proposals for projects under AMIF is planned in 2023. The exact budget is to be determined. As committed to under the White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new international protection support service, a new international protection integration fund was launched in 2022. This fund offered grants to civil society...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (27 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...as unaccompanied minors that have been age-disputed and subjected to an assessment by Tusla since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015; the number deemed as adults and placed into direct provision; and the number deemed as minors and placed in the care of Tusla. [39473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...unaccompanied minors that have been age-disputed and subjected to an assessment by Tusla since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015; the number deemed as adults and placed into direct provision; and the number deemed minors and placed in the care of Tusla. [37477/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...development organisations working or seeking to work at local level to address issues in areas such as racism (including Travellers and Roma), domestic or sexual violence, migration, gender, people living in direct provision or seeking international protection, climate action and Just Transition. The Pilot Programme has attracted a large amount of high quality applications from a range...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Initiatives (10 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...The focus is on community development organisations working, or seeking to work, at local level to address issues in areas such as racism, domestic or sexual violence, migration, gender, people living in direct provision or seeking international protection, climate action and just transition. The programme opened for applications in March and, due to the large number of high-quality...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...that is fundamentally different from the current model. We need a system that meets the needs of applicants and enables them to contribute positively to Irish life. I have visited many direct provision centres in my day. They vary quite a lot. Many have a hollow, disconnected and disjointed feel to them, a feeling of limbo. We have all heard and know of many individual cases over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...that as early as possible as the challenges and contexts have changed significantly since the roadmap's initial publication. We have a new programme for Government with very significant and new commitments related to social inclusion, such as the ending of direct provision and the introduction of a new regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants. Additional challenges have come to...

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...is from 19 year old Wura Elsie who is Nigerian-Irish and studying nursing in UCD: Growing up in Ireland for me was very difficult and hard to be honest because unlike a lot of people I grew up in direct provision and that is something that I find so hard to talk about. I remember getting bullied at one point. It was a group of boys that would say, "if you don't do this I'm going to call...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all direct provision accommodation centres. [9343/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I want to ask Ms McArdle of the HSE a question to start. Ms McArdle mentioned that she worked closely with IPAS. Did she know or was she notified in advance of the transfer of direct provision residents by IPAS to new locations where they would be sharing with strangers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: It is a pandemic and there are issues around social distancing. It is not normal practice but I am suggesting that perhaps it should have been done. Can Ms McArdle clarify how many people in direct provision centres have been tested and how many have not been tested as of today or what are the HSE's most recent figures?

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I have questions and will leave time for some answers. I refer to the situation of thousands of people in institutional, communal accommodation called direct provision. I note this in the context of great national and governmental effort to tackle Covid-19 where there has been a massive communication campaign to inform everyone about what they need to do in terms of social distancing and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Brien: ...also questioned the impact and effectiveness of the State's Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy and warned of discrimination towards black Irish people and people of African descent in the Irish workplace. On direct provision, the UN has said there is an urgent need for improved reception conditions. This is the UN saying this, not me. Noting that a national action plan against...