Results 101-120 of 293 for "direct provision" speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...countries that are having an impact here as well. Therefore, we are undoubtedly under pressure. What is different in this case, however, is that in previous times there was an acceptance that direct provision was the way to go and that it was just a question then of letting the system grow to deal with an increase. As the Deputy is aware, and this aspect will be discussed in the next...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...we will initially bring forward a revised implementation plan to the programme board and will subsequently publish it later in the summer. The implementation of the White Paper on the ending of direct provision is a priority for me. It is an absolute priority for the Government. We have the commitment to the provision of resources to undertake that, but we must also respond to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 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: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 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. Where capacity permits, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) will endeavour to provide own door accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47, 58 and 65 together. 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. In the fourteen months since its publication my department has placed a significant focus on delivering the new model of accommodation and supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will appreciate from statements I have made from the outset of our reform programme for Ending Direct Provision, in order to meet our legal obligations to provide accommodation and other support services for protection applicants as we transition to the new system, existing accommodation centres will continue to operate in the short to medium term; as such my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (31 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will aware I published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service on the 26thof February 2021. In the fourteen months since its publication my department has placed a significant focus on delivering the new model of accommodation and supports for International Protection applicants. The progress made has included: -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) transferred to my Department on 14 October 2020. However, the Government decision to commence Direct Provision dates back to 1999. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform had responsibility at that time for the international protection process in Ireland and in 2001 set up an...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ukrainian Crisis: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...an influx of refugees like that we have seen over the past three months. We are receiving this influx at a time when our own housing crisis is severe and when more than 10,000 people are in direct provision, which is a system, as we know, the Government is working to end. My Department’s role is focused on the immediate accommodation needs of those who have fled here. To date,...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...requiring accommodation. Ireland has never experienced an influx of refugees on this scale before. We are doing so at a time when our own housing crisis is severe and approximately 10,000 people are in direct provision, which is a system of accommodation we are committed to ending. It is in this context my Department has been tasked with finding accommodation for what is now just short...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...consequence of war or persecution.  Children who arrive in Ireland outside of a dedicated refugee programme are supported in their application for refugee status.  The Deputy is seeking information on the a breakdown of SCSIP who live outside the direct provision system by electoral area, as this is an operational matter for Tusla I have referred the matter to Tusla, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...language school or other recreational school where children reside away from home * * 0 0 * 2 9 Manager of asylum seeker accommodation (direct provision centre) 15 * * 23 13 3 57 Manager of domestic violence shelter 127 344 27 13 ...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...war. It would be remiss of me if I did not acknowledge the wider questions the Ukraine crisis asks of our migration and asylum systems. Last year we published a White Paper which set out how we would end direct provision and move to a new system based on human rights and integration from day one. I do not believe the compassion of the Irish public stops at Europe's borders. I know from...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18, 24, 32, 33 and 62 together. As the Deputies will 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. In the twelve months since its publication my department has placed a significant focus on delivering the new model of accommodation and supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (24 Mar 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: Departmental Expenditure (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...will support capital programmes across the Department including the implementation of a new system of accommodation for International Protection applicants as envisaged under the White Paper to end Direct Provision and establish a new International Protection Support Service along with capital spending in relation to Early Learning and Childcare, Child and Family Agency, Youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to protect the anonymity of international protection applicants during the protection process. As the Deputy is aware, work is ongoing to implement the new model of accommodation foreseen in the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service. The current focus is on acquiring Phase Two accommodation and on getting Approved Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...but in some cases, where individuals have more complex needs, this may lead to a longer term stay. The Deputy will be aware that my officials are working to implement the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service which envisages the implementation of a new model of accommodation and related support for applicants for...