Results 41-53 of 53 for "direct provision" speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ..., I will visit. I agree with the Deputy on the data. On the task force, I want to see what the best mechanism is for getting to grips with this quickly in terms of this industry and other sectors. Direct provision is another area we have to engage with seriously in terms of helping the residents there and ensuring that they are not in centres where disease spreads regularly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ..., and can be extended for a further two weeks and for a maximum of ten weeks where a person is medically certified as being diagnosed with Covid-19. We extended this payment to workers who live in direct provision. I spoke to the acting Chief Medical Officer over a month ago about this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...of Covid-19 illness benefit to the end of March 2021. It is important to note that the Covid-19 illness benefit payment and the pandemic unemployment payment are also available to people living in direct provision centres as well as to applicants for international protection who live in the community outside of the direct provision system. I discussed this with the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: We have intervened in direct provision.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...the Deputy on this legislation which has many including, of course, financial implications. We have already moved ahead to create an infrastructure around Covid-19 illness payments, particularly in direct provision and meat plant contexts to make it very clear that every worker in such situations will get sick pay. I take Deputy Kelly’s point on the legislation that he is talking...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...lifting is done in many cases. The matter arose in the allocation of portfolios with respect to migration policy and the security dimension, and whether the wider issue would be moved over with direct provision. The view was-----

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...above what it had previously. A substantial section of that new Department - in respect of disability services - would have been part of the Department of Health. There is a discrete piece around direct provision and integration and, if managed well, it could make a significant difference to people's experience on the ground. The Deputy spoke about specialist work to give more...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (8 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which covers policy on direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40819/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the families in direct provision centres are there on a voluntary basis in view of the comments by the Taoiseach on a television programme (details supplied); if many have applied for HAP to allow them to be accommodated outside centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a reduction in the number of adults or families that live in direct provision centres since the rules to allow them to work have been changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39271/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it takes to review and assess asylum applications for those families being accommodated in direct provision centres on a long-term basis; if changes have been introduced to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases that are ongoing for those families that are still being accommodated in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the responsibility that his Department and-or the operators of direct provision centres have in respect of providing transport in circumstances in which no public service operates for residents of these centres specifically in relation to their heath and education needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26924/17]