Results 61-63 of 63 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Murphy

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...one in every three - it will not be accepted from an individual Deputy as it must come through the Whips' office. The House demands this of us, so there is a recognition of a need for it, but there is no direct provision and the legislation has a gap. We help to facilitate business continuity planning in case of emergencies. We have to provide a telephone number of a person who can be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (4 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...relation to children residing here in extreme poverty who are asylum seekers or the children of asylum seekers; if his attention has been drawn to the challenges faced by children who are living in direct provision, many of whom lack the most basic of opportunities for education and development; the extent of his Department's function in seeking to alleviate these challenges; and if he...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Catherine Murphy: ...the houses. Hence, several more years elapse before such houses are delivered. That is the reality. Any change in policy that reduces the delivery of the 20% target must be compensated for by direct provision on the part of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The programme for Government promised a review of the operation of Part V in respect of delivery. Has...