Results 41-60 of 64 for "direct provision" speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Care of the Elderly (14 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...the resources for HIQA to monitor compliance with these regulations; establish proper qualifications, pay and conditions for home care workers; and change Government policy from privatisation to direct provision of home care by the HSE.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (9 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if women in direct provision centres have been consulted directly to establish their views on whether women-only centres are warranted or desirable for they and their children's safety. [41400/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (2 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 5 October 2010, if women in direct provision centres have been consulted directly to establish their views on whether women-only centres are warranted or desirable for their and their children's safety. [40095/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if asylum seekers who leave the direct provision system will have their medical cards revoked, even if they have existing medical conditions; if so, the reason for this in view of the fact that their incomes will still be below the medical card threshold as they are excluded from employment and the social welfare system; and if she...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...Minister for Health and Children if any attempt has been made to quantify the cost that has been incurred for providing mental health services to asylum seekers who have spent several years in the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34595/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ..., further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 30 June 2010, if he has received correspondence from a centre (details supplied) in County Cork on the need for an independent complaints mechanism in direct provision centres; if, in view of the issues raised in that letter, he will agree to the establishment of such a mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34807/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of informal complaints made about direct provision centres in each of the years 2004 to date in 2010; the number of formal complaints to the reception and integration agency; the nature or category of those complaints; the number of investigations conducted into those complaints; the outcome of those investigations; the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 1 July 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the question concerned direct provision centres at which asylum seeking children are resident with their families, and not children's residential centres or accommodation for separated children seeking asylum; and if she will...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 24 June 2010, the options available to a female resident in a direct provision centre to which a male general practitioner has been assigned by the Health Service Executive if they do not wish to visit a male GP for personal, cultural or religious reasons; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the special training available for general practitioners assigned by the Health Service Executive to direct provision centres regarding cultural issues and the physical and psychological traumas many of the residents have endured. [28944/10]

Written Answers — Interpretation Services: Interpretation Services (1 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the interpretation services available to general practitioners assigned by the Health Service Executive to direct provision centres. [28945/10]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that children in direct provision centres are sufficiently protected in view of the fact that these centres are not subject to the same inspection regime as ordinary child care facilities and that, due to the lack of an independent complaints mechanism, there is no outside recording or monitoring of any complaints...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his refusal to establish an independent complaints mechanism for residents of direct provision centres based on the best practice guidelines established by the Office of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical card entitlements of asylum seekers in direct provision and if they are subject to any restrictions in relation to which general practitioners they are allowed to visit. [27433/10]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...legal obligations that the Health Service Executive has for transferring separated children who turn 18 years to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform's Reception and Integration Agency direct provision centres. [21019/10]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (5 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 31 march 2010 that Garda vetting of direct provision employees is being implemented since October 2008, if he will confirm the stage of implementation of each direct provision centre; the centres which have had a comprehensive vetting procedure carried out; when he expects this...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (1 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the report of the committee to review the house rules, including the complaints procedure, in respect of the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/10]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (31 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda vetting requirements that are in place for persons working in direct provision centres; the enforcement measures that are in place to ensure these requirements are complied with; his plans to strengthen these provisions in view of the fact that the employees are in contact with vulnerable people, including...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (31 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to complaints by residents of some direct provision centres that staff have used the threat of transfer or deportation to intimidate them from complaining about conditions in the centre; the steps he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14094/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical entitlements of asylum seekers in direct provision; and if they are subject to restrictions in relation to which general practitioner they are allowed to visit. [9407/10]