Results 161-180 of 242 for "direct provision" speaker:Frances Fitzgerald

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. On 14 August, 2014 a serious incident occurred at the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. Transfers of residents from one centre to another is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. In relation to complaints by residents and by centre...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Direct Provision system is managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. For the most part, this represents a cashless system with the State assuming responsibility for providing suitable accommodation for asylum seekers on a full board basis. RIA currently provides full board accommodation and ancillary services to just over 4,300 persons in 34 centres across...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. RIA affords the highest priority to the safeguarding...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. The article in question did not identify the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. I am aware of the NASC publication earlier this year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. RIA's House Rules and Procedures provides for a limit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...applicants with a final decision on their protection application in a more straight forward and timely fashion and will also, as a consequence, reduce the length of time that applicants spend in the direct provision system. It is intended to have the new legislation published and enacted by April 2015. The Government has also committed to establish an independent Working Group to report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 663 to 665, inclusive, 669, 685, 692 and 693 together. The Direct Provision system is managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. For the most part, this represents a cashless system with the State assuming responsibility for providing suitable accommodation for asylum seekers on a full board basis. RIA currently provides full...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: .... The Statement of Government Priorities 2014-2016 provides for the establishment of an independent Working Group to report to Government on improvements with the protection process, including direct provision, and supports for asylum seekers. I plan to establish this group in the near future. In advance of establishing the group I am convening a roundtable consultation with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are currently approximately 4,300 persons residing in direct provision accommodation. The number of appeals currently pending in the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) against asylum or subsidiary protection decisions of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner is 1,154. The median processing time for a substantive asylum appeal currently stands at 41 weeks. As the RAT has only...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Priorities (17 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...of a single applications procedure. This will be achieved by the introduction of a Protection Bill. Moreover, work on Immigration and Residence Bill will also continue. The commitment in the Statement of Priorities in respect of Direct Provision for asylum seekers will also be acted upon during the remainder of the term of office of the government. In line with the Statement of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (16 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...necessary to complement the numbers of civil servants available to process the cases on hand, to finalise these cases as quickly as possible, and with a view to moving applicants out of the direct provision system. It was considered that the recruitment of a legally qualified panel was the most effective solution to effectively deal with the cases on hand due to the complex nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy's question refers to a letter from an organisation which seeks, inter alia, for the Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) to be allowed inspect direct provision hostels and for the Ombudsman for Children to be given jurisdiction in the direct provision system. In relation to the role of the Ombudsman for Children, section 11(1) (e) of the Ombudsman for Children's Act, 2002...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...do not leave the State when subject to a Deportation Order even though the clear legal requirement is for them to leave the State. The consequence of all of this is that persons spend longer in direct provision than would be desired. I have said on a number of occasions since taking up office in my Department that the length of time that residents spend in Direct Provision is an issue to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the voluntary accommodation of protection applicants in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Direct provision provides for full board accommodation supports while a final decision is awaited by a person on their protection or any related leave to remain application. As at 22...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The points the Senator makes are particularly relevant to the immigration and residency legislation and the work that needs to be done on that. The way to address some of the issues relating to direct provision is by examining the option of the single procedure. Ireland does not have such a procedure and it is out of line with every other European country as a result. One of the greatest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Eurodac: Motion (2 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: No, this is a separate measure which focuses very much on the use of Eurodac. The question about direct provision will be dealt with when we deal with the large immigration Bill and whether we decide to take out a part of that and deal with the protection issues alone. In my view that is probably the most effective way to deal with the issues surrounding the timeframe and the delays in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of protection applicants in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. As at 8 June 2014, there were 4,353 persons availing of direct provision accommodation in 34 centres under contract to the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. Approximately 38...