Results 61-80 of 88 for "direct provision" speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (12 Jun 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of doubling the payments made to those that are resident in direct provision. [25706/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (23 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 73. 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 2019; and the way in which contact with candidates will be facilitated in order that residents can engage fully with the democratic process. [22686/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...-employment. I am conscious we are dealing with a specific issue in this discussion but this committee and, I am sure, the witnesses are very concerned about the human rights implications of asylum policy and direct provision in general. Regarding the directive, when we had the Minister here, the general indication we received is that this was essentially the only area of policy that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To touch briefly on one of those points, the Irish Refugee Council raised previously the difficulty some asylum seekers have on readmission to direct provision centres. That would be related to the directive. They may be people who may have sought asylum without being in a direct provision centre or who are re-entering having lived somewhere else because they have no place else to go. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The witness mentioned people who might be refused readmission to the direct provision centres. There might be a right to appeal under the directive. To whom would that right of appeal lie?

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that residents of direct provision centres are being advised of their right to vote in local elections in 2019; the way in which contact with candidates will be facilitated in order that residents can engage fully with the democratic process. [16543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, about the need for additional spaces, teachers and educational resources regarding the proposed direct provision centre in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and his plans to ensure the education needs of the residents will be met. [11801/18]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if RIA has a fit and proper persons' test for organisations or persons that run direct provision centres on behalf of RIA. [11803/18]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consultation process provided for local communities as a general policy regarding the development of direct provision centres. [11804/18]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has satisfied himself that the local community in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare was adequately consulted regarding the proposed direct provision centre to be located there. [11805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Asylum Support Services (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...had with the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, regarding the need for health care resources and supports at Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, for the proposed direct provision centre to be located there; his plans to ensure the health needs of the residents will be met; and his further plans to ensure that additional general practitioner hours are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality or RIA, regarding the need for additional public transport provision regarding the proposed direct provision centre in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and his plans to ensure the transport needs of the residents will be met. [11802/18]

Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...and we support the Government's decision to transpose it but it needs to go back to the drawing board. Legislation will ultimately issue for the full implementation of the directive although, as Deputy O'Loughlin outlined, despite the fact that direct provision was intended as an interim measure, we are still dealing with it a long time later. The interim measures are simply not good...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults over 18 years of age and children under 18 years of age that are in direct provision. [52960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Payments (12 Dec 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided to operators and owners of direct provision accommodation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [52962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (12 Dec 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to the State of providing ancillary services to direct provision centres, including catering, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [52963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of providing living allowance to adults and children in direct provision by category, in tabular form. [52961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Dec 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a recent review of direct provision as a model; his plan to review same in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 11 October 2017, if there is education, training or other classes available to adults living in direct provision other than English language classes in view of the fact that many residents may already be proficient in English; if consideration has been given to such provision; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the titles of courses provided in all direct provision centres, by course; and the name of the centre or centres at which they are available. [43129/17]