Results 1-11 of 11 for "direct provision" speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (10 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advocate for a child benefit-type payment for IPATs as included in the Government White Paper to end Direct Provision. [43693/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...dealing with applicants for international protection who need to have their rights vindicated. It is a pet peeve of mine. Putting that aside, one thing we have heard for a long time from people living in direct provision was their sense of being in limbo because decisions were taking so long. Anything we can do to speed up decisions is welcome. The modernisation and all of these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending access to child benefit payments to asylum seekers and those in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/23]

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

Patrick Costello: ...a wave of very deliberate organisation. It was a similar model to what we see now, with this astroturfing and creating fake grassroots campaigns, with misinformation and lies around the opening of direct provision centres. We did not do enough then. Some people were screaming into the void and warning us, but we did not do enough. If the far right and those who are ultimately opposed...

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)

Patrick Costello: ...real housing crisis that is being exploited as part of this, and we are never going to address the issues we are talking about here without addressing that. We are never going to address ending direct provision without addressing that, and I appreciate that the Minster understands that. He mentioned co-ordination among Departments, which is what I wanted to raise, but it is important that...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...the deportation of Irish people who do not fit narrow, often racially motivated, definitions of what it is to be Irish. We have seen arson attacks against Deputies who have stood up for people in direct provision. None of this is acceptable, yet it continues with this emboldened far right. We have seen an exploitation of Covid and the lockdown, using people's genuine fears and concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Feb 2021)

Patrick Costello: 533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the confidential freephone support service for residents in direct provision has been shared with all residents; if so, the way in which it has been shared; and if not, if he will correspond with each resident with details of the freephone number. [8416/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Driver Licences (15 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for delivering the ability to apply for driver licences and bank accounts for persons resident in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30725/20]

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Patrick Costello: ...the murder in America and the horrendous racism we are seeing there. I am conscious that we must also look to the beam in our own eye. Like many other Deputies, I receive many emails regarding direct provision, the treatment of Travellers and the need for hate crime legislation. This is an area where we need to be aware of our own issues and look closely at them, instead of simply...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Patrick Costello: I am sharing time with Deputy O'Gorman. I am happy to take any answers that might be in correspondence afterwards. Like others, I want to raise the issue of direct provision. We have been talking about the importance of equality in this session and something we will be judged on is how more vulnerable groups were treated during this pandemic. I look at the infection rates among those...