Results 21-29 of 29 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Martin

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: ...from making a journey that has drowned thousands in the Mediterranean Sea, including 784 people so far this year alone. The US treats people like cattle, while we in Europe treat them like cargo. Let the US be a warning to us. Let us end direct provision and use our influence here in Ireland to prevent the EU from following further the same poisonous route which comes only to one known...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: ...Vision For Change states that no one can achieve true mental heath recovery without having a meaning to life and access to employment. What has been the toll or impact of the years that so many in direct provision centres have been deprived of the right to work and the dignity of earning an independent income? Has there been an increase in mental illness among those who have been...

Child Homelessness: Statements (15 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: ...the Dublin region. In 2016, the average number of families becoming homeless each month was 85. It should be kept in mind that homelessness figures do not include people sleeping rough, people in direct provision or people in domestic violence centres that are overcrowded as well as many EU or non-EU migrants who cannot prove centres of residence. The tenth report of the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have died while in the direct provision system since 1 January 2007; the ages of the persons who died; the reasons for the deaths; the number that were the result of suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43845/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if books are provided to those residing in direct provision; if so, if these books are provided by the Reception and Integration Agency, the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration, the relevant accommodation centre or other bodies; the names of those bodies; the number of books in each accommodation centre; the type...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have died while in the direct provision system since 1 January 2007; the ages of the persons that died; the reason for the death; the number that were the result of suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints that have been made to An Garda Síochána by residents of direct provision centres regarding staff or management at these centres; the number of prosecutions that have been taken against staff or management of these centres since 1 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to complaints made against staff of the Balseskin direct provision reception centre; if Garda investigations have been undertaken over incidents in the centre; if charges have been laid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34817/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Martin: 821. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will define self-catering facilities in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/17]