Results 61-80 of 92 for "direct provision" speaker:Thomas Pringle

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

Thomas Pringle: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the annual cost to her Department of increasing the living allowance for children living in direct provision centres by €5 per child per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36440/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of a meeting, attended by the reception and integration agency of her Department, with over 40 participants from direct provision centres, managers and owners, at a centre in Knockalisheen in County Clare on 3 June 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26908/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of an increase in communications from the Reception and Integration Agency of her Department and management of direct provision centres to persons who have obtained permission to stay here informing them that they must move out of such centres within a short period, regardless of the availability of housing; the supports put in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers and the direct provision system, before the recommendations are considered by her and brought before the Cabinet; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the working group to report to the Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, report will be published before it is debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Nov 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the direct provision working group is due to meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41283/14]

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...for their contributions to the debate over the last two nights. It has been very heartening for me to hear the contributions that have come from all sides of the House in condemning the system of direct provision. It is a very powerful message to send that there is across-the-board political support for the abolition of a system that is unjust, inhumane and completely wrong. Perhaps I...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes:— 2014 marks the 14th year of the existence of the Direct Provision system in Ireland; — over 4,300 asylum seekers are currently residing in the 34 Direct Provision centres in the State, some of whom have been living in these centres for up to and above 10 years; and — that more than one third of these residents are children who...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: .... I am a bit worried that the terms of reference are to consider how the system can be improved, as the system cannot be improved, so the working group should be considering alternatives to the direct provision system. At the very least, the report should indicate how to achieve the alternative. There is no doubt that the system has not worked and it is causing very serious harm to a...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: We provide shelter and food for prisoners as well and, in effect, the direct provision system is one of open prisons. It is detrimental to anybody who must live in it, and as a society, we should be able to absorb the 4,500 people living in it. I know these people all want to contribute to our society, with many of them very highly qualified and capable. One person has been trying to enrol...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the working group to review the direct provision system, including membership; when it is due to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35407/14]

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: This question concerns the working group on direct provision whose establishment has been announced. What will its make-up be? When is it due to report to the Minister? Direct provision has been raised in a couple of questions in the past but, unfortunately, due to meetings I had to attend, I was not able to be here. I hope there will not be too much repetition.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (18 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of persons currently residing in all direct provision centres; if she will provide a breakdown on the number of males and females and also the number of children in this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34885/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (18 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the duration of stay of persons residing in direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34886/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (18 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the family size of those residing in direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34887/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision who are currently awaiting decisions on either subsidiary protection or leave to remain; the way she proposes to address this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28317/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (24 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 486. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 June 2014, her proposals for dealing with those in the direct provision system in view of the fact that the single procedure would not benefit these people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27265/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end the current system of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25252/14]

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...which has been mentioned by previous speakers. A Minister will have to stand in the House in a few years and apologise for the wrongs that have been done in our name to many children and adults in direct provision during the early part of the 21st century and for the treatment of asylum seekers in hostels throughout the State. The system as it is operated is effectively a series of open...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Apr 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...an independent inquiry and restitution scheme for victims of the scandal. The new commission would not be able to examine such a claim. To take another example, will it be able to examine the operation of direct provision in this State? Questions also arise in regard to the independence of the new commission. It has been asserted that the increased accountability of the new IHREC to...