Results 1-10 of 10 for "direct provision" speaker:John Curran

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

John Curran: .... The Minister said he was allocating €1.1 billion for social housing to deliver 11,000 new social homes. The problem is that they are not being built. They are being acquired through other mechanisms. Local government must have a far more meaningful role in the direct provision of social housing. Last year, local authorities only built 2,000 local authority houses. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

John Curran: ...might be helpful if Ms McLaughlin has the information. She talked about two specific groups in her presentation, the first of which was young people with international protection who moved out of direct provision, and the second who are unable to live with families, etc. Does she know how many people are in those groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

John Curran: That would include people who had transitioned from direct provision. Is that the point Mr. Hill is making?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

John Curran: Crosscare has identified 903, some who are in direct provision and who have entitlement in addition to that. There are people over 25 years who were not counted in the survey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

John Curran: ...being sought is an incremental approach and we have to tease out what that means and specifically ensure that we get it right, so that we do not leave anyone behind, such as 25 year olds who are in direct provision but who have entitlements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

John Curran: Is that why they are staying in direct provision?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2016)

John Curran: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time she expects a centre (details supplied) to be used to provide accommodation under the direct provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31187/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are currently accommodated in direct provision, and those who have been for more than one, two, three and five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to identify alternative sites for the provision of a primary care centre either by direct provision or by public private partnership since the decision by An Bord Pleanála in April 2016 to refuse permission for a PCC in Lucan, County Dublin; if the HSE has advertised looking for proposals; the direct steps being taken to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)

John Curran: .... They have fewer opportunities to look after themselves and are more vulnerable as a result. I hope the Minister will take that cohort into consideration in the forthcoming budget. The issue of direct provision needs to be addressed as well as the payment because both things go hand in hand. It has gone on for too long and it is an inappropriate system of accommodation. The payment...