Results 61-80 of 88 for "direct provision" speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports of the deaths of persons in the Mosney direct provision centre in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth further to correspondence he received from this Deputy (details supplied), if he will consider introducing a system whereby the number of deaths within the direct provision system is recorded and published on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the last time a HIQA inspection was carried out in each direct provision centre in the country in tabular form. [37487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports of cockroach infestations in direct provision centres since he took office; and if so, if he will provide detail on these incidents. [37489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports or instances of mice or rat infestations in direct provision centres since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports or instances of hunger strikes in direct provision centres since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37491/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...In my home county, people who are single must wait well over ten years on the waiting list for a home, another shocking fact. I note that last week, a Green Party Minister stated in the context of a plan for direct provision that he would guarantee a person coming into Ireland a home after, I think, four months and that he or she would have a guarantee of his or her own front door. I...

Reappointment of the Ombudsman for Children: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...several of their colleagues have shut down during the crisis and that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has done little. I wish to raise the matter of children in direct provision. There are 1,789 children in State-sponsored poverty according to the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway. One of the difficulties I have is that the State does...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons residing in direct provision centres that have tested positive for Covid-19 in 2020. [44770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 617. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Covid-19 outbreaks experienced by direct provision centres to date. [44771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 618. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision centres currently experiencing outbreaks of Covid-19. [44772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (13 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons residing in direct provision centres who have tested positive for Covid-19 in 2020. [44773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 outbreaks experienced in direct provision centres to date. [44774/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of direct provision centres currently experiencing outbreaks of Covid-19. [44775/20]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...chasm left by Government inaction in this particular space. I believe the Government has constantly fallen short in helping vulnerable people during this pandemic, be it those in nursing homes or direct provision, members of the Traveller community, workers in meat factories, people with disabilities or mental illnesses and people who are homeless. Those are the people who have suffered...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procurement process for accommodation for asylum seekers, that is, direct provision centres. [41498/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the companies currently providing accommodation to the State for use as direct provision centres; and the sums paid to each of these companies in each of the past five years. [41499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...into the impacts of the lockdown, pandemic and restrictions on the mental health of persons, specifically persons who are homeless, older persons, persons in nursing homes, those residing in direct provision, members of the Travelling community and young persons, students; and if he will address the findings of any such research. [41445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to open additional direct provision centres in the country; and the planned geographical location of such centres. [40885/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to open additional direct provision centres here; and if so, the details of the geographical location of such centres. [40737/20]