Results 1-20 of 48 for "direct provision" speaker:Pa Daly

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: ...and nursing homes. Sinn Féin would prioritise the creation of State-run accommodation - the same plan - while removing the for-profit element that has allowed one operator to earn €400 million since the direct provision system commenced, so the basic needs of Ukrainians and asylum seekers for shelter and safety can be met. The Government has failed in this area, particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: 1014. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many of those residing in direct provision currently have deportation orders issued against them. [56550/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many of those residing in direct provision have deportation orders against them. [55399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 716. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of those residing in direct provision have deportation orders against them. [55400/23]

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: ...the asylum system is failing and it is a failure of Government because the Government’s own plan, while not perfect, has not been implemented. There is still a total reliance on the private direct provision market. Providers are cashing in, buying cheaper hotels or guesthouses and sometimes renovating them, sometimes not, but making huge amounts of money with no consideration...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: It clearly gets rid of a requirement for trafficked persons to enter direct provision and that is why we are pressing the amendment. As regards amendment No. 16, which is in the name of Deputy Pringle, it allows access for an immigration permission for trafficked person because people who are trafficked are less likely to come forward as they fear deportation. We support that. I am sorry...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Pa Daly: 5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress made with implementing the White Paper on ending direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15392/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Pa Daly: When the White Paper on ending direct provision was announced two years ago, it was broadly welcomed on all sides, although we would have preferred more State involvement in the reception and integration centres. Over the past year, however, the situation has deteriorated somewhat as a result of the war in Ukraine. Some of the difficulties of the past year could have been avoided if there...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Pa Daly: ...and isolated county with little resources, the 120 eviction notices, representing probably at least three times the current number of people homeless, represents a huge challenge. When those on HAP or direct provision but eligible to leave are included, the figures are even higher. In a market where upward pressure is so high, the reality is that the single mothers, the elderly,...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: It is nearly two years since the Government published its White Paper on ending direct provision. This followed on from the Catherine Day report into the system and recommendations from the Joint Committee on Justice. Both offered some hope of an end to the inhumane system of direct provision, which is totally inefficient and expensive and where one provider earned €400 million....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (31 Jan 2023)

Pa Daly: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on his Department's implementation of the measures specific to it contained within the White Paper on ending direct provision. [4312/23]

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...also draw attention to the acute hospital in Kerry, University Hospital Kerry, which is at breaking point. If we do not have confidence in the Government to deal with issues of health, housing and even direct provision, how can we have any confidence that it will deal with this issue properly? As for the hospital in Kerry, more damning information emerged recently. In July, August and...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: ...with their obligations and offer temporary protection will be supported by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. I want to address a few issues in regard to the White Paper on ending direct provision, which was introduced in February 2021. At the time of its publication, the White Paper was long overdue and there was much anticipation and expectation that there would finally be...

Emergency Budget: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: ...to the financial crisis and the economic policies pursued since, have led to this. They ceased to build social housing and outsourced it to private landlords, abolished the town councils and introduced direct provision. Look how much the outsourcing of direct provision has cost over the years, with nothing now to show for it. There are six to one room in the new accommodation in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: No matter where one is on the political spectrum, one has to accept that be it in housing, direct provision or bin collection, the outsourcing of essential services to the market only leads to higher profits, lower wages and high costs for citizens. This is particularly true for childhood, early learning and childcare. This is tied into the cost of living crisis. Families are struggling...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 May 2022)

Pa Daly: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and any other accommodation for those seeking asylum; and if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties. [25055/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: ...the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter regarding the death of a person (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to end the current direct provision system. [14338/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (22 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: 696. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he anticipates the creation of the HAP equivalent payment for refugees as outlined in the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision (details supplied). [14912/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: 341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who are currently accommodated in direct provision; and the number of those accommodated within direct provision who have already received permission to remain. [5726/22]