Results 41-60 of 76 for "direct provision" speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Dec 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, location, capacity and occupancy of all temporary direct provision centres; the details of the contracts in place for each; if he is satisfied that adequate facilities are provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51945/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (11 Dec 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to an adult living in direct provision; the amount provided for each child living in direct provision; and her plans to increase the amount provided to each. [51944/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the consultation process announced in August 2018 on draft national standards of accommodation for persons in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48038/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking asylum who were not immediately accommodated in the direct provision system due to a shortage of space; the alternatives provided to such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48043/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision who have taken up paid employment since the introduction of the limited right of asylum seekers to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42342/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Aug 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...enabler to move children and families from social exclusion and poverty, particularly in vulnerable situations such as my colleague, Deputy Catherine Martin, outlined in terms of children who are in direct provision and children who are homeless. We must do better. In terms of the recurring themes from all the opening statements and from the members here, the key issues are to seek an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (12 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31701/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (12 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to each direct provision operator in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31702/18]

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Some 36% of residents spend two years or more in the system which has been described as a form of internment. The delays in assessing applications are unacceptable and the long periods spent in the direct provision system have a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of residents. It impedes integration and creates a legacy of dependency. Is any other reform of the direct...

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...use of agency workers. The decision made in May 2017 to strike down the absolute ban on asylum seekers working as unconstitutional has forced the Government to finally address the need for reform of the direct provision system. The Minister mentioned the waiting time for a decision on an application for asylum, but it is still too long. It also takes too long to hear an appeal. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Eyre Powell direct provision centre is located beside my constituency office in Newbridge and, therefore, I regularly have the opportunity to chat to those living there. I know how strongly education is valued and needed. Apart from the difficulties in accessing third level education, in one meeting I had with them last year a group of young men mentioned that they had undertaken a...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister says there should be no differentiation between the children who come to our shores under the direct provision model and our own children. I could not agree with her more but unfortunately it would seem there is a differentiation. The Minister also said that Ireland is regarded very highly for the way it supports these children yet in September 2006, in its review of Ireland's...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...workers highlighted that many children seeking asylum are deported with very little warning. There is no engagement with the social care worker. It is wrong and very worrying. The open nature of direct provision means sometimes children can be exposed to unsuitable persons and behaviours. We all accept that direct provision can be an inherently stressful experience causing additional...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I refer to the 1,200 children who are currently living in direct provision, some of whom are in my constituency in the Eyre Powell in Newbridge. Deputy Rabbitte met a group from Mosney at the recent Foróige awards and was most impressed with them. Does the Minister believe that children seeking asylum in Ireland are treated equally and fairly by Ireland's child welfare and protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the checks and oversight exercised to ensure that direct provision centres are maintaining appropriate standards of health and safety and fire safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15046/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...wrong. Mr. Ó Ruairc mentioned teachers from abroad and the fact that 10% of teachers do not speak English as their first language. I want to mention the qualified teachers who live in direct provision. I accept that we have a high standard of teaching in this country, and rightly so. However, it would be feasible to have qualified teachers, who have been trained in other...

Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in to the directive, which was a recommendation of the McMahon working group. It will bring Ireland's asylum system in line with European norms. Fianna Fáil has long advocated for reform of the direct provision system. Asylum seekers spend far too long in the system which was designed in 2000 to be a short-term interim provision to deal with the high number of asylum seekers...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision in each direct provision centre for one year or less, one to two years, two to three years, three to four years, four to five years and more than five years in 2016 and to date in 2017. [41473/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (12 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the direct provision centres that are State and privately run by county, in tabular form; the cost of each State run centre in 2016; the projected cost of same in 2017; the cost to the State of each privately run centre in 2016; the projected cost of same in 2017; the number of residents in each centre on 30 Jun 2017 or the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (24 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational supports which have been put in place to ease the particular difficulties faced by migrant children and those in direct provision when transitioning from primary to secondary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24387/17]