Results 21-40 of 53 for "direct provision" speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policy Functions (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...social policy, equality and public services, including matters relating to arts and culture, children, justice, policing reform and community safety, disability, social inclusion, gender equality, direct provision, the Irish language and sport; - the Cabinet Committee on Education and the associated senior officials' group established to oversee implementation of Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Information (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...social policy, equality and public services, including matters relating to arts and culture, children, justice, policing reform and community safety, disability, social inclusion, gender equality, direct provision, the Irish language and sport; - the Cabinet Committee on Education and the associated senior officials' group established to oversee implementation of Programme for Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: We have been doing serial testing in all nursing homes for the last year. We have also been doing it in direct provision centres and meat factories for periods. As we have been doing serial testing in different settings, the concept of serial testing is there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...social policy, equality and public services, including matters relating to arts and culture, children, justice, policing reform and community safety, disability, social inclusion, gender equality, direct provision, the Irish language and sport; the Cabinet committee on education and the associated senior officials' group established to oversee implementation of programme for Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...package; the announcement of a €118 million skills package as part of budget 2021 to help workers to reskill and retrain in certain areas; the announcement of a €121 million budget package for Tusla for direct provision services for youth and childcare services and for Traveller and Roma community initiatives; the announcement of a suite of support for the arts and culture...

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (25 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...to continue and be managed in a humane and proper way. The current programme for Government, more than any other, is very committed to a radical reform of a range of provision in this area, from direct provision and minors who have come into the country unaccompanied to those who have been undocumented for quite a length of time. As for Deputy Boyd Barrett's point about big pharma,...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...advisory group report and we are committed to publishing a White Paper by the end of this year, informed by the recommendations of that group. The White Paper will set out how a replacement for the direct provision system will be structured and the steps required to achieve that restructuring. Following the transfer of this function to his Department on 14 October, the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...the very comprehensive agenda set out in the group's report. In the context of the Covid-19 crisis, one of the reasons we brought in serial testing was to make sure we could help the residents in direct provision. We wanted to be of assistance in terms of communications around Covid-19 by ensuring multilingual information would be available to those seeking international protection. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...actual origin of the virus was outside of the meat plants, but that when it came in, it spread. The positivity rate from the serial testing is low. This is also the case in respect of testing in direct provision centres. Such serial testing statistics are important as they enable us to keep on top of the pandemic. That is the overall strategy. On the recruitment side, there is a hell...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...our laboratories. We processed more than 115,000 tests in the past seven days. We continue to test in the community and in hospitals and we conduct serial testing in nursing homes, meat plants and direct provision centres. The HSE informed me that we are meeting all the demand for testing from the community and hospitals. Yesterday was the highest day, with more than 12,500...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Programme for Government (20 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...to make sure we can sign up two other companies so we can procure vaccines when they become available. We dealt also with the Covid-19 fines and penalties legislation and Cork flood support. On direct provision reform, the report by Ms Catherine Day was considered by Cabinet today. It is a very substantive report and the Ministers will launch it with her shortly. The heads of the...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Programme for Government (20 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...as part of budget 2021 to help workers to reskill and retrain in areas where there is a skill shortage or potential for future employment. A €121 million budget package has been announced to provide additional funding to Tusla, for direct provision services, for youth and childcare services and for Traveller and Roma initiatives. A suite of support measures has been announced for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...of social policy, equality and public services, including matters relating to arts and culture, children, justice, policing reform and community safety, disability, social inclusion, gender equality, direct provision, the Irish language and sport; the Cabinet committee on education, and associated senior officials’ group, established to oversee implementation of programme for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...programme of the HSE. Some 27,000 tests have been done in the meat plants, with testing across 80 plants since 21 August and with 107 positives. As I said, 303,000 tests have been undertaken in direct provision since 12 September, with 18 positives. With regard to schools, mass testing of 250 schools, including crèches and primary and secondary schools, based on public health...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue given the concerns locally. Protecting those living in direct provision accommodation centres from any Covid-19 outbreak has been an absolute priority of Government. A comprehensive programme of serial Covid-19 testing by the HSE has been completed across 66 accommodation centres. My understanding is about 3,300 tests have been undertaken...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...important to communicate in different ways on different platforms to different age cohorts, ethnic minorities and migrant workers. We worked on the issue of employment in meat plants and people in direct provision over the summer in terms of language, messaging and communication in respect of sick pay being available to people in direct provision, for example, if they were positive for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...of cases where people continue to be sick after ten weeks they can apply for the standard illness benefit payment and can receive it for up to two years. We have extended this for people living in direct provision as well. The Deputy has missed the point that we recognise the need to look at the broader issue of a sustainable sick pay regime in Ireland and, therefore, we are anxious...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...tracing system is meeting demand, with 85,000 tests done last week, comprising community testing, hospital testing and serial testing. There have been 13,000 or 14,000 serial tests in meat plants, direct provision centres and nursing homes all with very low levels of positive results so far from the serial testing. I understand the Scottish authorities contacted us to see if we could...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...average, there will be 10,000 community swabs per day alongside 3,000 in hospitals. In terms of serial testing, 12,000 tests are expected from nursing homes, 4,000 from meat plants and 3,000 from direct provision. This week, the HSE will reach its highest ever number of swabs taken and tests processed and this will continue to improve. Let us acknowledge the significant ramping up of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...effective? The nursing homes have been serial tested twice and we will do so again. Serial testing at the meat plants had to be rescheduled but it has commenced. The same applies in respect of direct provision. I agree there is huge pressure on the community side.