Results 1-19 of 19 for "direct provision" speaker:Cathal Crowe

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...set up and it has also worked very well in the mid-west. In County Clare, about 3.5% of our county's population is Ukrainian, and that is not counting asylum seekers who have come here under the direct provision model. It is quite large and onerous. I do not want to lay any fault on the Minister's Department, given the situation has been well managed. Nevertheless, largely down to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ..., Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is in the process of procuring factory premises in Shannon for the provision of additional accommodation capacity for persons in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 975. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a warehouse facility in Shannon, County Clare, is being converted for use as a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1158/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ukrainian Crisis: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...classroom. I went to court with some of them when they were fighting against deportation. They asked a question that I cannot answer, about why they had to put up with between 12 and 14 years in direct provision, with just a little curtain between them and another family at night. They asked why they were deprived of all these supports. I do not have the answers. I do not for a moment...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (2 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress regarding implementation of the White Paper to End Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if all residents in a direct provision centre (details supplied) in Meelick, County Clare have been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31007/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...heard. As a local person, who taught in the local school for a number of years, I have stood as guarantor to help some of those asylum seekers with the legal process. Overall, I do not think direct provision is ethical or humanitarian. It also does not provide value for money. It has cost €175 million in the past year to provide direct provision accommodation for 5,200 people....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is welcome that direct provision will cease three years from now and people will be accommodated, helped and aided in different ways. However, there is a real concern within both the local direct provision centre and the wider community that enough might not be done to support those seeking international protection between now and then. Perfect cognisance is not always taken of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (13 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the way he plans to deal with the land asset owned by his Department at Knockalisheen, Meelick, Limerick in view of the fact that the Knockalisheen direct provision centre which is sited there will cease operations in 2024. [26219/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I join with others in congratulating the Minister, Deputy McEntee, on her wonderful news this morning. The programme for Government contains a commitment to ending direct provision. I am delighted that it was announced just a few weeks ago that this will happen by 2024. It cannot happen soon enough. I grew up in Meelick, County Clare, which is the location of one of Ireland's oldest...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am delighted to be able to speak today on what looks like an end to direct provision. I am from Meelick in County Clare, where we have received refugees since 1957. First, we had refugees coming in from the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. On a sporadic basis, over the decades, we had various cohorts coming to Ireland and to our village for safe refuge. Despite what we saw at various...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...for refugees fleeing the Hungarian revolution. Where I am getting to with all of this is that in recent years it has again been serving a role in providing for refugees. It is the site of one of the largest direct provision centres in the country and it is on State land. This week, we have heard there is a plan to wind down direct provision, which is very welcome. I have grown up...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the winding down of the direct provision system; and the progress that has been made to create new pathways for undocumented persons and those seeking citizenship. [2259/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: ...has stated several times that this vaccine will not be mandatory, but will there be mandatory vaccinations for people who have to be somewhere, such as those who are imprisoned, those living in direct provision centres or those required to remain in a place of work such as an Army barracks? I do not mind who answers the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: ...the stages that follow. Some might be extremely supported by family and may not want that support but for those who do, it needs to be there in abundance. It is a raw situation. I wish to speak about direct provision. I am glad it has come up in the discussion today. I grew up adjacent to Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre in Meelick so I have friends from childhood and now friends in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to carrying out an independent review of the direct provision centre in Miltown Malbay, County Clare in view of the concerns raised by residents there. [18668/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: ...engage with the school's principal, Mr.David McCormack? St. Enda's national school in Lisdoonvarna currently has 130 pupils enrolled, of which 26, or 20% of the school population, live in the local direct provision centre. One fifth of the school population do not speak English as their first language. While they are learning and making huge inroads, as one can imagine, this places a...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: ...a Garda station there given it is in the immediate proximity to the Ardnacrusha power station. It is in the footfall of the University of Limerick, and it is also in the shadow of Limerick city and the Knockalisheen direct provision centre is located there. There is also a very high population of young people in this area. It is much appreciated that we have a Garda presence there. It...

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

Cathal Crowe: 363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to concerns raised by residents (details supplied) regarding direct provision accommodation. [8914/20]