Results 1-7 of 7 for "direct provision" speaker:James O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 May 2023)

James O'Connor: ...Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government will consider a vastly enhanced community funding programme to support communities hosting refugees and people in direct provision services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: ...scenario to Mr. McCarthy and I want him to reply. Does he have concerns about the direction of travel around the acquisition of hotels around the country being purchased for potential operation as direct provision centres in the long run, or around expansion into the nursing home sector where small nursing homes that are closing down may be turned into direct provision centres? I want to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: ...in Ukraine, was there a projected increase in this area from the Department? Was it expecting a huge increase in the amount of inbound migration when it came to people who would be accessing the direct provision system in Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: ...raised, this is all about the public's confidence in this system, which involves extremely large sums of public money. The idea that the owners of centres that are hosting refugees and operating direct provision services are not required to provide a tax clearance certificate when in some cases they are in receipt of millions of euros of taxpayers' money is utterly unacceptable and needs...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: ...tourist industry. Tourism is considered the future of the town. In locations such as Youghal and other rural, coastal towns in Ireland, hotels have been not only given contracts but purchased by direct provision centre operators. Does Mr. McCarthy not see the possibility of that not ending well in respect of public support? Quite frankly, given the direction of travel over the coming...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: ...to get a better sense from the Department of how the contracts were awarded to different operators. We have seen substantial growth in the acquisition of hotels that have now been turned into de facto direct provision accommodation. The lack of information on the awarding of those contracts is quite worrying. There has not really been any proper in-depth analysis of this within the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (7 Jul 2022)

James O'Connor: ...as Ireland. There are regions of the world where that is far from being the case. Is an update available on the status of the delivery of the commitments under the White Paper on ending direct provision? This is a very timely and important debate given the significant inbound level of migration and direct provision in Ireland at the moment.