Results 41-60 of 98 for "direct provision" speaker:Holly Cairns

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

Holly Cairns: 416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of inspections concerning food preparation safety that are conducted annually in direct provision centres; and the actions he has taken as a result of said inspections. [55957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (7 Oct 2021)

Holly Cairns: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [48683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2021)

Holly Cairns: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the report concerning the opening of a direct provision centre (details supplied) in March 2020. [48725/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2021)

Holly Cairns: 91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all direct provision accommodation centres; the number of persons resident in each centre; the number of those who are under 18 years of age; the number who are remaining in each centre as they cannot secure accommodation elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (15 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it will be ensured 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. [38869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (15 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will suspend the compulsory moving of five families from a direct provision congregated setting (details supplied) until own-door or independent living accommodation can be located within the community they have been residing in. [38870/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate steps he is taking to address the child safeguarding concerns raised in the report of the Ombudsman for Children, Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision. [36288/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: My question is about safeguarding concerns in respect of the direct provision system. In April, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children published its report entitled Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision, which identified a range of child protection and welfare concerns, including that staff members working in centres had not been vetted to work with children and a failure to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: The ombudsman's report highlighted systematic faults in the direct provision system. The report was unambiguous in stating that the direct provision model "does not have the best interests of children, or the protection and promotion of the human rights of the child refugees at its core". We know many asylum seekers are vulnerable due to language barriers, lack of social supports and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: There has been a clear failure by previous Governments and State agencies to oversee direct provision. Is the Minister working with the Minister for Justice to address issues such as IPAS's failure to follow its own child protection and welfare policy? What is he doing in response to the failures on the part of Tusla that were identified in the report, including its failure to co-ordinate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (16 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...and Youth if he will cease the practice of relocating unaccompanied minors whose application for international protection is still being processed when they turn 18 to adult reception centres via direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (16 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: ..., Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the practice of where unaccompanied children who come to Ireland to seek asylum are being removed from their foster families and placed in direct provision when they turn eighteen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32480/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (15 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 966. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all direct provision accommodation centres; the number of persons resident in each centre; the number of those that are under 18 years of age; the number that remain in the centre as they cannot secure accommodation elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31331/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports being offered to LGBTI+ persons in the direct provision system. [28649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate steps he is taking to address the child safeguarding concerns raised in the Ombudsman for Children report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision. [28650/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (12 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the finding (details supplied) in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision. [25165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla, the HSE and IPAS have failed to collaborate to provide on-site preventative and early intervention services and to gather data on national trends of referrals to services given this was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 573. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla has no effective mechanism to gather data about children living in direct provision accommodation which might identify risks and inform planning at a strategic level. [24092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla has failed to identify a named social worker for a direct provision centre in their area or to provide cultural diversity training and interpreting services for staff working with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service failed to appoint an independent designated officer to handle complaints as recommended by the McMahon report to the Government Working...