Results 61-65 of 65 for "direct provision" speaker:Helen McEntee

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...external stakeholders such as Ibec. It also involved a review of the submissions on labour market access made to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality in connection with its report on Direct Provision and the International Protection Process published in December 2019. The review is currently being finalised by my Department and I expect to receive it shortly for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...committed to ensuring that Ireland provides protection to those seeking refuge from conflict and persecution, as is required under international law. The Government is also committed to ending the Direct Provision system within the lifetime of the Government and to replacing it with a new international protection accommodation policy, centred on a not-for-profit approach. Last year, Dr...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...as stated in the Programme for Government is to publish a White Paper by the end of this year, informed by the recommendations of the Expert Group, which will set out how a replacement to the Direct Provision system will be structured and the steps to achieving it. It will be a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, to progress the matter following the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...been published by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, which can be found on its website . That guidance exists precisely because it is recognised that congregated settings such as Direct Provision centres present specific challenges in this pandemic. The HSE confirmed on 20 May 2020 that an outbreak in the centre referred to was over and that the period of...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...group could reach this four-fifths limit over the period from July to September, hence the necessity to have the existing Estimates reviewed that this point. There will be a number of areas to review and revisit later in the year, including in regard to direct provision and the impact of the Covid pandemic on certain Votes. The transfer functions arising from the reconfiguration of...