Results 41-55 of 55 for "direct provision" speaker:Clare Daly

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: ...refugees. I would have no problem whatsoever with the resettlement of 1,200 people, or many more, in Ireland. They would not have to be transported by the LE Eithne. Moving them to a direct provision centre in Italy or Malta is not the solution. Ireland has a part to play in that resettlement programme, way beyond what we have already offered. Whether we like it or not, we have been...

Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Numbers (14 May 2015)

Clare Daly: ...in Greece and Italy. The real issue is what condition those people will be in when they come to Ireland. Are we going to treat them as citizens with respect and dignity or will they be thrown into direct provision centres with others who have desperately sought asylum here? We have looked at this debate the wrong way around because it is not about charity or our being nice. Refugees do...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children Remit (24 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...Affairs his plans to extend the power of the Ombudsman for Children, including areas actively under consideration, and a timeframe for delivery, in view of the urgency, in relation to children in direct provision. [7707/15]

Ombudsman for Children Appointment: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...public bodies that breach children's rights, and there is not enough of a deterrent currently. We must examine mechanisms to do this. The issue of children languishing - incarcerated, in effect - in direct provision must be addressed and there must be a lifting of the children's ombudsman's ability to investigate children's rights in direct provision scenarios. We all know the efforts...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Proceedings (18 Nov 2014)

Clare Daly: ...Project if his Department collects data or has information on children who have been taken into the care of the Health Service Executive as a result of their parent being transferred directly from a direct provision centre to a psychiatric unit. [44025/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Nov 2014)

Clare Daly: 290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the direct provision of care for asylum seekers and refugees, her views that it is appropriate that the companies who have benefited in the tendering process have decided to register outside the State; and her plans for same. [42844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Clare Daly: 291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on the direct provision system over the past eight years; and the companies to whom those payments were made. [42845/14]

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

Clare Daly: ...to build a new future. However, the decision to come to Ireland can have devastating consequences. This is graphically illustrated in the case of women in particular. Women are often held in direct provision centres in close proximity, for example, to an abusive partner from whom they cannot get away. Women and girls who are pregnant and seeking asylum in Ireland, as Niall Behan from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (2 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been held in direct provision centres for more than five years, categorised by centre and the number of years. [28705/14]

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

Clare Daly: 549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate a review of the direct provision scheme for asylum seekers, which has seen adults and children confined to totally unsuitable accommodation for many years in total violation of their human rights and dignity. [25274/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013 and 13 February 2014 the number of persons living in direct provision and elsewhere here who made their application for protection more than five years ago and are awaiting or engaged in asylum-related judicial review proceedings; if she will provide a breakdown by duration of persons...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013, the number of persons living in direct provision and elsewhere here who made their application for protection more than five years ago and are awaiting or engaged in asylum related judicial review proceedings; and if he will provide a breakdown by duration of persons within this group...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of persons within direct provision, who made their application for protection more than five years ago, and are respectively awaiting deportation, seeking subsidiary protection or leave to remain, or have a judicial attachment to their application; the number that are children and the options...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)

Clare Daly: ...would be charged with the management of all housing accommodation. However, there are also significant dangers if sufficient resources are not provided. It also reflects a moving away from the idea of direct provision towards housing support which, in my view, is not adequate. We have already highlighted that the supports have been inadequate. People are moving from secure, relatively...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: ...providing social housing, which would be a much better way of resolving disputes. Contrary to what people think, the management and tenant resolution process is far easier within the scope of direct provision by local authorities. The local authorities are in a much better position to deal with these issues than the private sector. This Bill must be seen in that context, where there is...