Results 41-60 of 65 for "direct provision" speaker:Gerry Adams

Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: .... I put the question about the McMahon report to the Tánaiste last week and did not get any sort of satisfactory answer. The draft programme for Government contained a commitment to implement the McMahon report into direct provision but it was removed from the programme that was published. The Taoiseach may recall that Uachtarán Higgins raised his concerns last weekend about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...human tragedy has been disgraceful. Given our history and our memory of coffin ships and of forced exile, the Government's response is shameful. It is much like the ongoing treatment of citizens in direct provision across the State. These men, women and children are fleeing devastating war and oppression to get asylum in the EU and yet, with smiles and handshakes, the EU has decided...

Order of Business (18 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...will this legislation be published? The immigration and residency reform Bill is also promised in the programme for Government. It commits to implementing the recommendations of the McMahon report on direct provision. That was in the draft programme but it was removed from the actual programme. That is a very serious decision. The McMahon report made 173 recommendations. Mr. Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children currently resident in Mosney direct provision centre and the number of children resident there for the past five years. [10393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 1208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 16 June 2015, if funding has been accessed by social workers working with families in Mosney direct provision centre for translation services during the past ten months. [10390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...Question No. 488 of 16 June 2015, if she will confirm that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has translated relevant information leaflets into French and Swahili for families in the Mosney direct provision centre. [10391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 1210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of live child protection cases at Mosney direct provision centre. [10392/16]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...arrest and deport non-nationals who have not complied with deportations. There are reports that the proposed Bill will include a provision limiting the period for which immigrants have to reside in direct provision centres. While that may be-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...have other information on the progress of the programme, such as the numbers anticipated, when they will arrive and the provision of accommodation and services for them? Given the way we treat people in direct provision centres and the way we treat members of the Traveller community, we must be sure we are not creating more difficulties for these people when they reach our shores. Did...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...? Has the Government any plans to introduce legislation on rent controls or rent freezes? Last June, the Taoiseach told me he would facilitate a debate on the McMahon report into the direct provision system. I grant that some aspects of this report are welcome, but overall it is a disappointing response to a very difficult humanitarian issue and to a direct provision system that has...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...to the international protection Bill and the McMahon working group report. Some aspects of the report are welcome, but overall it is a very disappointing response to a humanitarian issue for the people affected. The direct provision system has been widely condemned. We warned at the time that the terms of reference decided on by the Government for the working group were too limited....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...and Youth Affairs further to the Health Information and Quality Authority report of child and family service areas of counties Louth and Meath, the welfare concerns identified; and his views that direct provision in itself can be a cause of welfare concerns. [23804/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...Authority report of child and family service areas of counties Louth and Meath, the proposals in place to ensure standardised protocol on the way RIA, the child and family agency, practitioners and direct provision accommodation providers work together to share information at operational level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...Authority report of child and family service areas of counties Louth and Meath, if he is aware of any families involved with child care protection and welfare services, who have been moved between direct provision centres, unknown to the allocated social worker. [23818/15]

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...affected, particularly arising from the conflict in Syria. It may be a pertinent time to ask the Taoiseach about the international protection Bill and the report of the McMahon working group on direct provision. A recent report from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions on the direct provision system concluded that it is not fit for purpose. This report will...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...a package of return travel to where the individuals are trying to flee from. What is this? Ryanair? The resettlement of 1,200 people in 14 years is what we have achieved. The treatment of people in direct provision centres is not a matter of which the Government or its predecessors can be proud. Will the Taoiseach accept that as a nation that has experienced conflict, famine, forced...

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Taoiseach faoi the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015 and the international protection Bill. On the second Bill, the direct provision system is 15 years old this month, but it has been widely condemned for the ill-treatment of refugees who are denied the right to work and are paid a derisory living allowance. They have to pay €2.50 for...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...month. When will it be published and will the Government allocate time to debate it? Last week the Government published the heads of the international protection Bill, which is intended to reform the direct provision system through the creation of a single application procedure. Within 48 hours the CEO of the Irish Refugee Council, Sue Conlan, resigned from the McMahon working group...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...supporting the reintegration of ex-offenders into society. When will Report Stage of that Bill be taken? Last Friday, along with other colleagues of the Oireachtas, I again visited the Mosney direct provision centre. Does the Taoiseach have a firm date for publication of the International Protection Bill? The two issues that again emerged from the visit to the Mosney centre are that...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Gerry Adams: Tá trí cheist agam, ceann amháin faoi reform of the direct provision system, ceann eile faoi the public health (alcohol) Bill agus ceann deireanach faoi the water services Bill. The Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, promised legislation last month to reform the current direct provision regime, which he...