Results 1-16 of 16 for "direct provision" speaker:Patricia Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed and-or instituted a medium three-to-five-year-term recruitment plan aimed at increasing direct provision of home care support and to ensure the HSE has a minimum capacity in each CHO or RHA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25540/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (1 Dec 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth His plans to abolish direct provision; when this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59948/22]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...family while helping with homework and dealing with day-to-day family issues? It is hard enough in a three-bed semi-detached house. Imagine what it is like in homeless accommodation. Families in direct provision are also being deprived of their dignity. They are human beings the same as me and the Minister of State, and we need to treat them with respect and allow them to play their...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...system and the biggest transfer of State wealth to private hands in the history of the State. The Government, and previous Governments, know well how to transfer public money to private hands. We see this with direct provision, housing assistance payments and private bus operators. It is all around us. Little has been learned from the €64 billion bank bailout. The rich got...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (23 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to abolish direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33399/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...from chronic disease to mental health to violence against women. It must also prioritise the women most likely to experience health inequalities, including women from deprived areas, Traveller women, homeless women and women living in direct provision. Consistent funding must be put in place to ensure this plan is a success. Recent years have seen a serious decline in the structures for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (10 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that is being made with the pledge to end direct provision; the way this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55093/21]

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: ...delays in processing asylum seekers. Additional resources must be provided to INIS and the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation to help them to deal with the backlog. The Government must deliver an end to direct provision. Companies should not be profiting from human misery.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Direct Provision System (11 May 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he has advanced to local authorities in preparation for the ending of direct provision; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to abolish direct provision; when this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to each direct provision service provider in 2019; the number of residents at each direct provision centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23513/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: Are they given out in direct provision centres also? Are people in those centres aware of all of that? I am aware of people in direct provision centres not having an understanding of the language and not being able to communicate with people.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: With all due respect, I am sure Dr. McGuinness is also aware that many of these workers live in direct provision centres. Some of them are going without food because they cannot get back out to cook it if they become symptomatic. We want the HSA to make sure that they are aware of everything and that those who run these centres are aware that these people do not have an understanding of the...

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Patricia Ryan: ...left behind. That needs to change. We must fast-track the roll-out of broadband and ensure schools and pupils are provided with the technology required to do things differently. We need to ensure families in direct provision are given the supports they require to make sure they are not left behind.

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

Patricia Ryan: 803. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her officials will meet with residents of a direct provision centre (details supplied) with a view to addressing their concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18741/20]

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

Patricia Ryan: 362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Covid-19 cases in direct provision centres in Portarlington, County Laois and Monasterevin and Newbridge, County Kildare; if there have been deaths due to Covid-19 in these centres; his plans to ensure all residents and staff in these centres are tested for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...