Results 41-60 of 92 for "direct provision" speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the national standards for direct provision accommodation will be published in view of the fact that the consultation concluded in September 2018; his plans to ensure an independent inspection mechanism will be put in place in line with the McMahon report recommendation to ensure oversight and compliance with the new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (30 May 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding paid to catering contractors for each direct provision centre, temporary or permanent, in each of the years since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (22 May 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young persons resident in direct provision aged 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 years of age, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22144/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average stay of residents living in direct provision up to 31 December 2018, in tabular form; the number of persons staying by time range (details supplied); the percentage of the population in direct provision which these figures represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8138/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (30 Jan 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the housing of asylum seekers in Moville, County Donegal, in view of arson attacks on direct provision centres in the county and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4258/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 20 November 2018, the extra bed capacity in the direct provision centre in County Sligo for overnight stays for residents from a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling en route to Dublin for interviews arranged by the Reception and Integration Agency and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the accounts of companies managing direct provision centres are scrutinised, including those which are unlimited companies with accounts not open to public scrutiny; if this is done prior to the awarding of contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47987/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transport arrangements that will be put in place for the new direct provision centre in Moville, County Donegal, to ensure asylum seekers will not have to cross the Border into Northern Ireland to access key public services and services related to their application for asylum; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if overnight accommodation will be put in place for asylum seekers living in direct provision in remote areas (details supplied) when travel to Dublin is necessitated to attend their interview at the international protection office and access associated supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (12 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age profile of asylum seekers currently resident in direct provision by age and gender in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: ...Parliamentary Question No. 2125 of 20 June 2017, the outcome of her examination of the decision of the Social Welfare Appeals Office; if the right to full social welfare payments while residing in direct provision will be granted to all nationalities with a refugee declaration, a subsidiary protection declaration or permission to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 2125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to an article (details supplied), if the right to full social welfare payments while residing in direct provision will also be granted to other nationalities with status; if not, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this could be classified as discrimination within the asylum process; and if she will make a statement on the...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the statements on direct provision this morning. I worked with asylum seekers in Donegal town from 1999 to 2012 when the hostel there closed. I have seen at first hand the impact the direct provision system had on people in Donegal town. It was a totally male hostel. One could see the lack of motivation, the impact on people's mental health and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the International Protection Office has issued a 60-page application form to be returned within 20 days to residents in direct provision centres which does not allow them time to get advice on the completion of the form that will have a direct bearing on the success or not of an asylum application; if she will ensure that each...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...any reform programme. The McMahon report stated that a failure to invest in decision-making staff will inevitably lead to significant backlogs in case processing and a consequent need to accommodate ever-greater numbers in direct provision, “with all the attendant concerns”. I do not need to go into what is meant by "attendant concerns" because it has been well documented...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (31 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...Minister for Justice and Equality to detail each of the 90 fully implemented recommendations of the McMahon working group report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers; and when and how they came into effect. [12806/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (31 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons each of the 37 applications for student support under the scheme aimed at making third level education accessible for young persons in the direct provision system were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/16]

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: .... Unfortunately we have a sad history of large numbers of unaccompanied minors in the asylum system going missing within this State, never to be heard from again. I also know of two cases in the direct provision centre in Donegal where 15 and 16 year old boys were forced to live in an adult centre by the Reception and Integration Agency because the agency deemed them to be over 18 even...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...or indirectly affect children.". One of the glaring issues throughout the Bill is the absence of references to the best interests of the child. Given that so many children currently live in the direct provision system and the Bill only recognises the best interests of the child after the protection process is completed, whether or not they have been given protection, the intention of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given that the recent budget aimed to benefit children and families, why she did not increase the weekly living allowance for children in direct provision centres; the reason she did not see this as a budgetary matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36430/15]