Results 21-25 of 25 for "direct provision" speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman for Children Remit (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The direct provision system is under the remit of my colleague, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality. I understand that earlier this year Minister Fitzgerald committed, in principle, to amending legislation to allow the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children to deal with issues relating to direct provision. It is not yet clear what...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: ...being conducted by individual Departments will be moved to a central unit. The Deputy is correct in saying there are some areas into which the Ombudsman is due to move and have a role, such as direct provision. That will come into effect from 1 November 2016. Other areas will include prisoner complaints, as supported by the Department of Justice and Equality. A possible area of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has no funding for the direct provision of such services. From monies made available by my Department, the National Transport Authority (NTA) provides funding for socially necessary but financially unviable public transport services, known as Public Service Obligation (PSO) services and also for the provision of services under the Rural Transport Programme. I have referred...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ...under CEF was published earlier this month. Details can be found on the following link:  . Following this Call, I understand that another CEF transport call for non-cohesion Member States may not arise until 2018. The majority of the direct provision CEF-transport budget for non-cohesion Member States(€9.08 billion) will be allocated under this call and the previous Call....

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: ...as they wait for a decision to be made for them. An additional report found that one company was paid €89.5 million across the period. What steps have been taken to monitor the current cost of direct provision accommodation? What steps have been taken by the Department to reduce that cost?