Results 21-40 of 88 for "direct provision" speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...that. I hope that things will be handled differently in future. Communication with the coroner's office will be key in that regard. I will raise two final issues, which relate more directly to direct provision per se. I have previously raised the matter of location. It is not my view that all centres should be located in Dublin or anything like that. While I have the opportunity I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...attitude and referred to the existence of a culture of disbelief. He told the committee that when the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection started to plan for the increases in the direct provision allowance, an official in the Department of Justice and Equality who was asked to offer a comment or express views began by stating they are all working anyway. A few other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...before us. I very much agree with the criticism they have made. We have had this debate over recent weeks, including with Mr. Justice McMahon. While there may be points to incremental improvements, fundamentally direct provision is a bad system that continues to fail people's human rights. I believe that not only has it lost the confidence of those in the system who have to suffer it,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree 100%. The scale is becoming quite large. It is an emerging issue and potentially an emerging scandal. I have two more questions, related partly to what we are talking about and partly to direct provision generally. Inspection and the ability to have oversight of what is happening in centres were raised. When the State approves the optional protocol to the convention against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...for coming and their very helpful contributions. It is vital that we hear not only from organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees but also from people with direct experience of the direct provision system. People seeking asylum in Ireland do so with international protection. Sometimes it is lost in the debate that they are here because they are fleeing persecution, conflict...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland and the Irish Refugee Council representatives. Last week Mr. Justice Bryan MacMahon said to us that in his view, while it was far from perfect, the direct provision system had improved. I want to get the response of the representatives to that. Can they tell us about their experience of the Garda National Immigration Bureau and how that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...and thought-provoking contributions. I had intended to ask a number of questions, but I will let them be for now because some of the witnesses' observations have clarified matters. I agree that direct provision is not fit for purpose. It is not a fit place to raise children. It is not a fit place for anyone to live. During previous discussions, comparisons have been made with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...system. I would like to think - I think many other members of the committee agree - that in the long run there will be a radically transformed system. There have been significant failings in the direct provision system and the way we have treated people who are fleeing war and persecution. In many instances, their human rights have been failed significantly and many have suffered great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...We need to take a view that looks to the future, beyond when the housing crisis has abated, which I hope it will do. We need to aim for the best possible system. Improvements may have been made to direct provision such as in respect of self-catering and the right to work, which is important. Nevertheless, not only asylum seekers but also the public have lost confidence in the system....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Deputy Niall Collins for tabling this important question. I condemn the attacks on the direct provision centres in Rooskey and Moville, which happened on multiple occasions in the case of the centre in Rooskey. There seems to be a clear intent to ensure the centres do not open. That is very likely motivated by a racist intent. I do not believe it is in any way reflective of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that residents in direct provision centres are being advised of their right to vote in local elections in May 2019; and the way in which contact with candidates will be facilitated in order that residents can engage fully with the democratic process. [11877/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, of 7 November 2018, if all direct provision centres are complying with his instructions as set out in the response that they should provide feminine hygiene products to residents; the way in which this instruction has been communicated; and the follow-up work...

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...not addressed. The situation is not remotely satisfactory or humane. These children are as Irish as the Minister or I. It is in many respects a form of State oppression that a legal technicality makes this person prone to a deportation. We do not need to look any further than direct provision to confirm the pattern and systemic nature of those policies. The 2004 referendum was a deeply...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports offered to residents of direct provision that have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection to vacate the direct provision system; the follow-up support offered to these former residents; the cost of these supports per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents in direct provision centres at the end of 2018; the number of these that are children; the number that have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the time that current residents have been in direct provision, that is zero to three, three to six months and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision centres that offer self-service cooking facilities for residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of direct provision that have medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 382. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 20 November 2018, the full list of agencies that provide health-related services to persons in direct provision in tabular form; the amount of funding each agency receives; the type of service they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53876/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Remit (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, has the legislative authority to do site visits, monitor, assess and report on service delivery within direct provision centres; the amount of reports HIQA has produced on conditions within direct provision centres from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....