Results 21-40 of 63 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new direct provision centres opened in 2019 and 2020. [5177/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I want to return to the expenditure on direct provision. When we learn of problems in this area very often it emerges in the public arena or people make contact with us. We saw some very unsatisfactory cases this year, with one group of people having to move from one hotel to another owing to a Covid issue. These people were moved from a hotel in Dublin to a hotel in Kerry and there...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...restrictions end? In addition to the testing and contact tracing we know we have to mitigate risks. Meat plants are a risk and work practices are part of that. What is happening in relation to that? Direct provision centres are a known risk and if there was a will, something could be done about that. Is there such a will? International travel is a known risk. Dr. Holohan was before...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 888. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce a fair complaint procedure as an interim measure for persons living in direct provision in advance of phasing out the system; and her plans to introduce short-term changes to the system in view of the fact that Covid-19 has elevated the problems. [22059/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 895. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all outstanding direct provision centre inspection reports will be published on the website of her Department; if her attention has been drawn to instances in which reports dating back to 2018 remain unpublished; and the reason for same. [21125/20]

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...our society equally. To do anything different is, quite bluntly, to perpetuate racism. Although it is very welcome that there is a commitment in the programme for Government to phasing out direct provision within the lifetime of the incoming Government, that does not mean we should not do things now or call things out. Several issues have come to the fore in recent weeks. I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason deaths in direct provision centres stopped being notified in 2017; if his Department is notified of such deaths; if so, if deaths have occurred since then; if so, the number and location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of units of PPE provided to each direct provision centre for staff use and for use by persons seeking international protection. [10066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has consulted with a nutritional and dietary professional in respect of the catering and food services provided in direct provision centres; and if persons with special dietary requirements are catered for in respect of food services in direct provision. [10067/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if each direct provision centre has conducted a risk assessment regarding Covid-19; if each centre has sufficient self-isolation rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10068/20]

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: .... It is important that there is a commitment to bring the resources up to an acceptable level because otherwise we will see a post-Covid-19 reaction to the lack of visibility. I want to raise the issue of direct provision with the Minister. I listened to the Taoiseach this afternoon when he described some direct provision centres as being substandard. Will the Minister give us an...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...it is important to note that a lot of the discussions prior to that had happened behind closed doors in briefings not seen by the public. Many of us had been raising concerns about nursing homes, direct provision and testing, tracing and personal protective equipment, on which there were discussions forward and back but out of public view. The news in recent days of the continued...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...in a situation where there is a Covid positive case in a hotel? Who was responsible for notifying the Department of Justice and Equality in this situation, where it was known that it was also a direct provision centre?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...in writing to tell me what the line of communication is in a situation where there is a Covid positive case? Who has responsibility to notify the Department of Justice and Equality with regard to a direct provision centre? Perhaps that could be followed up with me in writing.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...put in place in advance of that? I have been told that within a week of their being moved, a number of staff in that hotel tested positive for Covid-19. Is the Swords hotel still being used for direct provision? Have there been more confirmed cases? I ask the Minister about different advice from the HSE. In his earlier statement, he said that three people sharing a room was in line...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (23 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...of what the thinking is, what options might be available and whether parallel planning is occurring in terms of working with the childcare sector to match childcare workers with healthcare staff. Direct provision is an area about which I have deep concerns. We have seen at least one confirmed outbreak following the distribution of a group of asylum seekers from a centre in Dublin to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new direct provision centres planned for 2019 and 2020; the way in which the proposed new centres are selected and or the criteria for same; the way in which the centres will be staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38586/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...ánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has consulted with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding accommodation needs of persons that cannot be facilitated in direct provision centres due to lack of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...of service and accommodation aspects are put out to tender of if a preferred supplier list is used; the number of companies on the preferred supplier list in respect of services and goods related to direct provision; the frequency with which the lists are reviewed and or updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38588/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking international protection here that were placed in emergency accommodation rather than dedicated direct provision centres in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of persons that have had their application approved with a permission to remain that have not exited on a full-time basis from direct...