Results 61-80 of 197 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Connolly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that occurred as a result of Covid-19 in nursing homes, direct provision and meat factories by county in November and December 2020, in tabular form; the age and nationality of each person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1608/21]

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...modernisation to prevent people from attending a public meeting. Yes, there is a role for Zoom and online meetings. I have attended joint policing committees and various seminars, including one on direct provision, and none is substitute for a meeting in person. That was only in that limited sense. For something like the city or county development plan we need the active participation...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...Gary Gannon - to discuss the need for remote learning options for students living with family members who are vulnerable to Covid-19; (6) Deputy Pa Daly - to discuss the potential re-establishment of a direct provision centre at the Skellig Star site in Cahersiveen; (7) Deputy Denis Naughten - to discuss the reason Roscommon town was not considered as a location for one of the 18 new...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...homeless figures. The figure of 700 has been used for asylum seekers, or people who have received their status. We know from the recent Day report that the figure is 1,000, and they cannot move out of direct provision. This is not to mention people living in domestic violence refuges or rough sleepers who are not included in the figures at all. I welcome the fact that the figure has...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ..., there was no change to the cost of disability payment. Domiciliary care allowance was not increased and no steps were taken to equalise jobseeker rates for those between the ages of 18 and 24 and living at home. There is no mention of those in direct provision and a possible increase in their allowance, as recommended by Dr. Catherine Day. We were to learn from Covid-19 and have a...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Niamh Smyth - to discuss the need to address concerns about direct provision centres in Monaghan; (2) Deputy Carol Nolan - to discuss the need for a primary care centre to be constructed in Birr, County Offaly; (3) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: .... The Taoiseach spoke about how there was no handbook to guide the Government at the beginning of the pandemic, but common sense would have guided anybody at the time to protect the nursing homes, direct provision, those working in meat plants and so on. That is what common sense would dictate. At this point, common sense dictates that we look at those most needing our assistance, those...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...Pringle and Johnny Guirke -to discuss the bog slide incident in Meenbog, County Donegal, caused by wind farm development; (2) Deputy Niamh Smyth - to discuss the need to address concerns regarding direct provision centres in Monaghan; (3) Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Patrick Costello and Bríd Smith - to discuss the provision of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, education in Dublin 12...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...was why beds were closed. Beds were closed in 2006 and 2007 before the crash as a result of policy. We can fast-forward to Covid-19 and NPHET. I am not here to criticize NPHET but from day one it did not have a broad representation. It did its job as it saw fit as a group of medics but there was not a broad representation. There was, therefore, no voice for the nursing homes, meat...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...of that and decisions were made to make the public health system ready for the virus. It was not fit as a public health system. Without doubt, we ignored the vulnerable sections of our society, including direct provision, meat factories and nursing homes. From an early stage, I was extremely concerned about nursing homes but there was a consensus mentality among the vast majority of...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...are now in a situation like this where we have to question the Tánaiste on emails, some of which are absolutely deplorable. A doctor is asking a business person if they would like to get involved in direct provision. Of course, we know the then Taoiseach's views on that at the time. They were deplorable texts. The Tánaiste has seen them because we have all seen them and they...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...from every single Government scheme, with no justification, proportionality or underlying rationale other than that the Government does not care. Meat plants were never in this with us because they were ignored. Direct provision was certainly not in it. The message contained the appalling word "cocooning" for 70 year olds. I am glad that it has been dropped. The language was...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...transport or do so at your peril is the advice, but then we introduce a higher carbon tax. It is not a good message to send out. I welcome so many of the measures, including the commitment to end direct provision and the extra funding for disability. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, will remember Ability West. It wrote to us all and asked for the training fund to be put back....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to be accommodated in the Dominick Street Complex direct provision centre, Galway, by unit in tabular form; when the facility will be fully occupied; the person or body responsible for the maintenance and security of the centre; if there will be no charge to the residents for the provision of utilities...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has formally identified a body to fulfil the role of independent inspectorate for direct provision centres; if this body will be empowered to carry out unannounced inspections of direct provision centres and emergency accommodation; and the criteria for the inspections. [22378/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...roll out of vulnerability assessments to asylum seekers within 30 days of application as required under EU law and as identified for fast-tracking in the June 2020 briefing note of the advisory group on direct provision; and the number of vulnerability assessments excluding physical health screenings that have been carried out in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [22377/20]

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...never happened. The message also was that we were all in this together. We are certainly not all in this together. The meat factories were never in this with us. I refer to the nursing homes, direct provision centres and people aged over 70, who were singled out in a most despicable way as if it was an order, but it was not really an order. We set back equality between the age...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of single rooms provided within the direct provision system; the criteria for allocation of single rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision housed in single, double, twin and triple rooms, in four-bed, five-bed and in rooms with more than five beds respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22814/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...and Equality if the waiting period for labour market access for those in the international protection process will be shortened from nine months to three months, as recommended by the advisory group on direct provision in June 2020; if the validity for permission to work will be extended to one year at a time renewable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22815/20]