Results 21-40 of 40 for "direct provision" speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the care pathway for a person in direct provision who needs to be tested for Covid-19; the persons who can order these tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the testing programme for residents in direct provision in tabular form; the number of centres that have been tested; the number of persons who have been tested; if a plan for the remaining tests to be completed is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10454/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to ensure that residents in direct provision centres testing both positive and negative for Covid-19 are not forced into sharing bathroom and other facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional inspections of direct provision centres that have taken place specifically for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/20]

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...there is not another backlog and we do not end up back where we were. Will the Minister comment, if he can, on the letter that was issued by the local department of public health to residents in direct provision in the Skellig Star Hotel in Kerry? These residents are unable to follow social distancing requirements because they are all squashed in together and it is physically...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...call and I accept that it may be practised in some instances now, but I do not believe it was practised at the time, and that is an issue that needs to be examined. The next issue I want to raise concerns direct provision. I thank members of the Fingal Communities Against Racism for the good work it continues to do with our neighbours in Balseskin. Yesterday, when I asked the HSE how...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: We will support amendments Nos. 42 to 47, inclusive, because we have all been contacted by people who are existing in direct provision and they want to play their part. A call has gone out that everyone who can play their part should play their part and we have people who are here living in appalling and shameful circumstances who are putting up their hands. If their qualifications are...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...of these parallels. Day after day we come in here and talk about scandals of the past. We all nod our heads and say: "We are absolutely certain that it will not happen again." We talk about the Magdalen laundries yet we have direct provision. Now we are talking about a historical injustice but actually the same injustice is being perpetuated. The regulators knew about the risk with...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...we think it will be difficult. We have outlined the fact that barriers to access will not be helpful. There are women in particular circumstances, and I have mentioned domestic violence, women in direct provision and women who live in the North, and I hope we will come away from this evening with some sort of understanding as to how they will be able safely to access the service. I...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...to make multiple journeys, it represents a significant barrier. For a woman subject to domestic violence, it will be a barrier that will effectively render this legislation useless. A woman in direct provision might not be able to get out. These are serious considerations. I reiterate my statement on Committee Stage that the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 379. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 28 June 2018, the waiting lists for mental health supports and services for children in direct provision. [47826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 380. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 28 June 2018, the waiting lists for mental health supports and services for adults in direct provision. [47827/18]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----but we will not argue that here. I urge the Deputy who proposed the amendment to consider the case of pregnant rape victims who live in direct provision, and tease out the potential consequences and hurt caused. The majority of people have spoken, we know the results of the referendum and there is going to be legislation. It is open to us to ensure that the services are available to a...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...decision such as this lightly and this measure will restrict access in general, but it will also restrict access for marginalised groups, women in abusive relationships, those with a disability and those in direct provision accommodation, among others. It will also affect women in regional, less populated areas, where they may not want to attend their local GP, who will have to travel to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the physical and mental health supports which have been put in place for those in direct provision (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27850/18]

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...Times published an alt-right article by Nicholas Pell. That is how fascism was normalised, how minds are manipulated and how evil grows. I cannot criticise America without rightly criticising the direct provision system. It is abhorrent and should be dismantled. Those who established it should apologise to the people whose lives they have destroyed. The Royal College of Surgeons in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Data (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...the Minister for Health the funding for the Health Service Executive orthodontic service in each of the years 2006 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the estimated cost of extending the direct provision of orthodontic treatment to children with less severe needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25445/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by her Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recommendation as being implemented by the HSE despite the absence of new protocols and enhanced services; the engagement her Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action being taken by his Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented in respect of those falling under the remit of the HSE; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recommendation as being implemented by the HSE despite the absence of new protocols...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (17 May 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 861. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for the Health Service Executive orthodontic service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the cost of extending the direct provision of orthodontic treatment to children with less severe needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10359/16]