Results 81-100 of 293 for "direct provision" speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...system of accommodation for International Protection applicants and replace it with a new model that is based on a not for profit approach. As part of this process, I published A White Paper to end Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Serviceon 26 February 2021. This paper sets out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...is published, it is my intention to explore ways in which the new AMIF funding can be used to implement some of the objectives in the White Paper. A number of Deputies raised the issue of direct provision and our treatment of international protection applicants. It is a subject we have discussed on a number of occasions in this House. Concerns were raised about the implementation of...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...who fled here and we have worked to improve conditions for international applicants in the face of a major migration crisis. Too many issues, including our country's institutional legacy, childcare, direct provision and inequality, have gone unresolved for too long. This Government is addressing omissions of the past. It is supporting families, children and young people. It has...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to the needs of Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, the International Protection Support Service (IPPS) transition team has now resumed its work to implement the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Service. Governance structures have been established to oversee transition to the new model. These structures include a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 682 and 683 together. As requested, Deputy, please see below the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres in County Wicklow, broken down by centre, after their leave to remain has been granted. Number are as at 07/07/22 Direct Provision Centre Adults Children Grand Hotel 34 5...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the publication of the White Paper to end direct provision, my Department has placed a significant focus on delivering the new model of accommodation and supports for international protection. This has included the recruitment of a team dedicated to drive the implementation of the new programme; the establishment of governance structures in the form of a programme board and an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...temporary protection directive. That was a decision of European Union law but we continue to provide a full range of supports to people in the international protection system while we work to end direct provision.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As set out in A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service, my Department is currently working on implementing a new model of accommodation and supports for international protection applicants. Under the new model, an applicant for international protection will initially be accommodated in one of six new integration and reception...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of residents that are transgender, and ensure the well-being of all residents. In addition the Integration and Supports operational policy being developed for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service, includes measures to assist LGBTI+ asylum applicants with specific vulnerabilities while their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...system of accommodation for International Protection applicants and replace it with a new model that is based on a not for profit approach. As part of this process I published A White Paper to end Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Serviceon 26 February 2021. This paper sets out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware I published A White Paper to end Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Service on 26 February 2021. This paper sets out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International Protection in Ireland including supporting the principle of ‘integration from day one’. Since I published the White Paper, my...

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... As a Government, we recognise that people arriving in Ireland who wish to claim international protection are diverse in background and often have different needs. The White Paper on ending direct provision committed to establishing supported pathways for people who, because of their gender or identity, may have specific vulnerabilities. For an LGBTI+ person, that journey can be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (23 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to replace the current system of accommodation for International Protection applicants with a new model based on a non-for profit approach. As part of this process I published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to establish a New International Protection Support Service. This White Paper outlines the proposed new model of accommodation and supports that will be offered to applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (22 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Country Holiday Village  Wicklow A67 KH98 104 Guesthouse, Holiday Centre, Apartment EAC The Esplanade  Wicklow A98 A2T3 187 Hotel EAC DPC: Direct Provision Centre, EAC: Emergency Accommodation Centre

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (15 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as at 31 May there are 2,387 adults and 891 children, a total of 3,278, who have received leave to remain and continue to reside in direct provision. Please see below for a breakdown of these figures in the format as requested by the Deputy: Length of time with Status Number of People 1 year or less 2,754 1 to 2 years ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputies will be aware, I published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service on the 26th of February 2021. The report of the advisory group published in October 2020 (also known as the Catherine Day report) fed into the creation of the White Paper. In the fourteen months since its publication my department has placed a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Day and Dr. David Donoghue, overseeing the implementation of the White Paper. I met them to determine how we can continue to respond to the needs of Ukrainians while at the same time ending direct provision. We will be introducing a revised schedule for the implementation of all elements of the White Paper shortly.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is correct about the direct provision system. He knows of my efforts to end direct provision. We have the White Paper. We had a quite substantive discussion about that during the taking of questions earlier today and I set out what we are doing. I have been honest about the impact of the war in Ukraine, which has affected my Department's ability over the past three months. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy is aware, the central problem with the direct provision model is its reliance on commercial operators and that is why the State has so few centres. We have seven State-owned accommodation centres as well as Balseskin, which is State owned and operated. Other than that, the system relied on commercial operators. That is the problem with the system, which the White Paper is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...international protection. It has to be seen in the context of the wider response to the housing crisis. It is also important that we have a clear plan. For years, we have seen that we need to end direct provision but there has to be an answer to the question of how we accommodate people while they are waiting for their international protection application to be addressed. That is a...