Results 1-20 of 100 for "direct provision" speaker:Norma Foley

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Norma Foley: ...not shed light on what my constituents regard as shortcomings within that service. My constituents believe that actions or inaction in recent weeks have resulted in the loss of lives. I refer to a direct provision centre at the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahirsiveen, County Kerry. I wish to pose some questions about this particular facility and about direct provision centres. I ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the residents at a location (details supplied) were informed of the Covid-19 outbreak in the direct provision centre. [6291/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the employees at a location (details supplied) were informed of the Covid-19 outbreak in the direct provision centre. [6292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the residents of Cahersiveen, County Kerry were informed of the Covid-19 outbreak in the direct provision centre there. [6293/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the immediate closure of the direct provision centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry will be ordered in view of the fact it is viewed as not fit for purpose. [6302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (30 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: ... referred to by the Deputy has stated that it is arranging a survey as it aims to collect information about the current level of education and future educational aspirations of people in Direct Provision and in the asylum process. The survey has a particular focus on access to further and higher education. In late December 2019, the former Minister for Justice and Equality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (24 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: ...protection, Phase 1 when applicants are accommodated in a Reception and Integration Centre for the first four months and Phase 2 when offered accommodation within the community. Children residing in Direct Provision accommodation centres currently access education in local mainstream schools on arrival, in the same manner as all other children.  This will continue under the new system...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: ...databases and the Pobal HP Deprivation index. The refined model now takes into consideration the significant educational disadvantage experienced by Traveller and Roma learners and by students residing in direct provision or emergency homeless accommodation. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme and the model has been applied fairly and equally to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (14 Jan 2021)

Norma Foley: .... Tusla Education Support Services will engage with principals to promote connectedness to schools for children who are at risk of educational disadvantage and there will be direct liaison by education welfare officers to Direct Provision accommodation centres, refuges for families experiencing domestic violence and homeless hubs to ensure students are linked with their schools. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (20 Jan 2021)

Norma Foley: ...Education Support Services will engage with principals to promote connectedness to schools for children who are at risk of educational disadvantage and there will be direct liaison by education welfare officers to Direct Provision accommodation centres, refuges for families experiencing domestic violence and homeless hubs to ensure students are linked with their schools. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Norma Foley: ...Education Support Services will engage with principals to promote connectedness to schools for children who are at risk of educational disadvantage and there will be direct liaison by education welfare officers to Direct Provision accommodation centres, refuges for families experiencing domestic violence and homeless hubs to ensure students are linked with their schools. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: ...’s I have secured funding to support measures aimed at achieving that goal. There are considerable supports available for children who are experiencing homelessness, resident in family hubs or in direct provision, both within schools and within the wider system to ensure that their circumstances does not impact on school participation and attendance. In the 2022/23 academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: ...the Pobal HP Deprivation index. The DEIS identification model now takes into consideration the significant educational disadvantage experienced by Traveller and Roma learners and by students residing in direct provision or emergency homeless accommodation. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme and the model has been applied fairly and equally to all schools.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: ...transport if they satisfy the distance criteria (3.2km at primary level and 4.8km at post-primary level) and are attending their nearest school having regard to ethos and language. Applications for children resident in Direct Provision, who wish to avail of school transport must be made to Bus Éireann.  Applications are made on behalf of these students by TUSLA to the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...are being provided in the current school year for over 5,200 children who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine. The total cost of the scheme in 2022 was €338.9m. Applications for children resident in Direct Provision, who wish to avail of school transport must be made to Bus Éireann. Applications are made on behalf of these students by TUSLA to the relevant local Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: ...the Pobal HP Deprivation index. The DEIS identification model now takes into consideration the significant educational disadvantage experienced by Traveller and Roma learners and by students residing in direct provision or emergency homeless accommodation. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme and the model has been applied fairly and equally to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: ...the Pobal HP Deprivation index. The DEIS identification model now takes into consideration the significant educational disadvantage experienced by Traveller and Roma learners and by students residing in direct provision or emergency homeless accommodation. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme and the model has been applied fairly and equally to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: ...databases and the Pobal HP Deprivation index. The DEIS identification model now takes into consideration the significant educational disadvantage experienced by Traveller and Roma learners and by students residing in direct provision or emergency homeless accommodation. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme and the model has been applied fairly and...