Results 21-40 of 98 for "direct provision" speaker:Holly Cairns

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

Holly Cairns: The issue is that the Department is doing some good, of course, but in a bad way. Everyone wants to end direct provision as soon as possible. Moving families from congregated settings has to be a priority but must be done in co-ordination with the people involved. A key criticism of direct provision is the undignified way in which people are treated and the infantilising, condescending...

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

Holly Cairns: Dignity is key here. Deputy Connolly's question is next, seeking an update on the plan to end direct provision but that process will be hollow if it is not based on consideration and respect. Unless dignified engagement with asylum seekers is embedded into the Department's interaction with them, any new system will have in many ways failed before it even begins. Regrettably, Ukrainian...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services (30 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...the chaos of Dublin Airport, or being fearful if they can afford it in a cost-of-living crisis. People living in rural areas, working-class people, disabled people, migrants and people living in direct provision all face additional barriers. It is important to note that the Abortion Support Network is a UK charity which provides financial assistance, accommodation and consultation to...

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

Holly Cairns: 17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that all children and families in direct provision that are being moved from congregated hotel style living are housed in own door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [28407/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [28406/22]

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

Holly Cairns: ...system have to wait for months. People from Ukraine, even if they are living in hotels and hostels, have access to full social protection allowances, while other protection applicants get the much lower direct provision allowance. Many people in the international protection process wait months for a temporary residence certificate to be issued, whereas people from Ukraine get an...

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

Holly Cairns: 33. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [15451/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 40. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated hotel-style living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [15452/22]

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...borrowing to access services the State should be providing. Then of course there are the families who cannot afford it no matter how much they save or borrow. There are families from migrant backgrounds or in direct provision who cannot navigate the systems nor afford them. There are whole groups of children who are being left behind by successive Governments. No one wants this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process that the allowances currently paid to persons in direct provision should be increased from January 2021 and regularly reviewed in line with the cost of living. [11789/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision and emergency accommodation centres which were in use by the international protection accommodation services as of 18 February 2022; the occupancy of each of these centres as of 18 February 2022; the contracted capacity of each of these centres in tabular form; and if he will make...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...staff in an established career structure. Will the Minister elaborate on how that would happen in practice? The Minister referenced the funding towards implementing the White Paper to end direct provision. It is almost a year since the White Paper was published. What has been the progress in moving forward on ending direct provision since and how will the allocation of €12.5...

European Union Regulation: Motion (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...is just one of many examples we could draw on. The State needs to direct its resources to ensure greater equality and integration. The Government still claims that 2024 is the target for ending direct provision, but the slow pace does not indicate to those trapped in the system that this will be achieved. We still have entire families in congregated settings often separated from the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated hotel-style living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [5159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [5158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (19 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: 1065. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in each direct provision centre by month between 1 February 2020 and 10 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [59328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (16 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: 414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of deaths of persons within the direct provision system annually since 2015; and the steps he is taking in response to such. [55959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (16 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: 415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of inspections concerning child and vulnerable person’s safety that are conducted annually in direct provision centres; and the actions he has taken as a result of said inspections. [55960/21]