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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2020)

David Stanton: ...support for residents.   All accommodation centres are carefully following the guidelines for our centres that have been published by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, which can be found on its website www.hpsc.ie. That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie. That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. My Department is working closely with the HSE in doing so. At the very outset of the crisis, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie. That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. My Department is working closely with the HSE in doing so, and while the HSE advice has evolved over time, we have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...and practicable, assigned accommodation based on their needs. This determination may include the provision of shared accommodation with a partner who is also seeking accommodation or being accommodated within the Direct Provision system. This would, of course, only apply where this information is disclosed. At any time during their stay in an accommodation centre, a resident has the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie.  That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. The Temple Accommodation Centre currently has 54 residents onsite, which is well below its contracted capacity of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie. That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. The established procedure across all our centres where a person is suspected of having the virus or is confirmed as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: I am pleased to have this opportunity to provide the Deputy with an update on the full range of measures that we, the HSE and centre management are taking to support residents and staff in Direct Provision accommodation at this time.  We are doing everything that we can to protect the health and welfare of our residents and centre staff as well as that of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie. That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. My Department is working closely with the HSE in doing so, and while the HSE advice has evolved over time, we have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...note that services for international protection applicants including health services are mainstreamed.  Applicants are linked with primary care services. They are entitled to a medical card while residing in Direct Provision accommodation and their prescription charges are waived. Applicants access health services through the same referral pathways...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: I am pleased to have this opportunity to provide the Deputy with an update on the full range of measures that we, the HSE and centre management are taking to support residents and staff in Direct Provision accommodation  at this time.  We are doing everything that we can to protect the health and welfare of our residents and centre staff as well as that of the wider...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: I am pleased to have this opportunity to provide you with an update on the full range of measures that we, the HSE and centre management are taking to support residents and staff in Direct Provision accommodation  at this time.  We are doing everything that we can to protect the health and welfare of our residents and centre staff as well as that of the wider community. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie.  That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. The established procedure across all our centres where a person is suspected of having the virus or is confirmed as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...for our centres that have been published by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, which can be found on its website www.hpsc.ie. That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic.  We are communicating directly with centre managers and residents via...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These are publicly available at its website www.hpsc.ie.  That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. The established procedure across all our centres where a person is suspected of having the virus or is...

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

David Stanton: I inquired today about the health of people in direct provision centres who have contracted this virus, as have many citizens of Ireland, and I am told that none of them is very seriously ill. I wanted to report that good news. Some people have symptoms only and others have no symptoms. Anybody who has been tested has been moved to an isolating facility. The HSE has confirmed to us...

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

David Stanton: There have been calls for many years to close direct provision but many improvements have been made. What happens now is that when people arrive in the country and look for international protection, as a State we are obliged to offer them accommodation, heat, food, a bed, education and so on. That is what people get. Many people move through each centre. There are over 1,000 people now in...

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

David Stanton: The issue of direct provision has taken up a significant amount of my time, that of the Minister and that of the Department in recent years. Many improvements have been made. A significant number of people are now in own-door or self-catering accommodation. We have been moving in that direction but it is very difficult, as colleagues are aware. There are 69 residents, including nine...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...and practicable, assigned accommodation based on their needs. This determination may include the provision of shared accommodation with a partner who is also seeking accommodation or being accommodated within the Direct Provision system. This would, of course, only apply where this information is disclosed. At any time during their stay in an accommodation centre, a resident has the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 May 2020)

David Stanton: ...are safe and that guidelines on social distancing are observed. The direction from the HSE National Social Inclusion Office is that, during the COVID crisis, non-family members sharing a room in Direct Provision centres are considered to be a household. As such, they should implement social distancing measures from other households, i.e. residents in other rooms, and self-isolate if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (5 Mar 2020)

David Stanton: ...for people seeking international protection, whether State-owned or privately owned, are operated by commercial companies. There are currently 39 accommodation centres being operated under the direct provision system. My Department contracts for a fully inclusive service, which includes catering, cleaning, maintenance and...