Results 41-48 of 48 for "direct provision" speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- 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) Mary Lou McDonald: There will always be people in the system. My question is whether the State envisages a new system other than direct provision for providing for these people while their applications are in process. The Secretary General is telling me that he has not been asked to look at that.
- 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) Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Secretary General's understanding of the programme for Government commitments around direct provision?
- 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) Mary Lou McDonald: So the Secretary General does not understand there is a Government commitment to the ending of direct provision as the system operated by the State?
- 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) Mary Lou McDonald: ...things being equal, that should reduce the waiting time for applicants, all of which would be tremendously welcome. That point has been well made. Given that the commitment is to move away from direct provision, not just to reduce the numbers in direct provision, would it not be wise for the Department to consider what the alternative model might look like, its shape, and the cost...
- 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) Mary Lou McDonald: Will Mr. Purcell outline what, if any, measures have been taken to set the scene for the wind-down of direct provision? He will be aware that the Government made a commitment to do this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to probe a little further into the direct provision system. It is imperative that we get to the bottom of the deaths that occurred. Obviously, if there is a death which is unnatural or occurs in suspicious circumstances, there is a requirement for the coroner to be involved. It is a criminal offence not to report a death. Aside from this, will the delegates discuss some of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: ...the issues under the umbrella of the Ombudsman and freedom of information legislation. Will the witnesses provide insights in respect of the different agencies identified and the deaths within direct provision facilities? Have they any examples of where information was required but blocked?
- Other Questions: Office of the Ombudsman Status (10 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: ...from the remit of the Ombudsman. For many of those involved in the asylum process, the system is wholly inadequate and, in some respects, disgraceful. I refer, in particular, to the system of direct provision, on which the Government has made commitments that have not yet been met. For those within the prison system, many of whom are Irish citizens, this sends a message that the light...