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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

...them may mitigate some of the anguish that this will create. I will make two additional points. I hate to say it, but this phenomenon is not new to us as an organisation in the context of direct provision. It happens frequently. It will always exist, particularly if we are not getting on top of accommodation issues. As has been evident over recent days, there are real and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

...minors arriving into Ireland. In particular, as members may be aware, they come into State care but when they turn 18 and if they are not still in education, the vast majority transfer into the direct provision system. We had very serious concerns about that. We also had concerns about vulnerability assessments which are required to be done for unaccompanied minors under the recast...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

...with interpreter services in order that parents can make informed decisions and choices about their children's education. A couple of years ago, we did a consultation with children living in direct provision. While I know we are speaking about Ukrainian children, the children living in direct provision spoke to us about their experiences of our education system in schools. What they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...can have a dramatic impact on your education and your well-being. You are fleeing a war situation and then you end up in a small room and your freedom is genuinely gone. We see that with direct provision as well. We need to tackle accommodation for refugees here. I have not got the answer as to how we are going to do that. Of course, this was not planned, and we will do what we can in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

...Ombudsman for Children and the Ombudsman have criticised long-term hotel accommodation for children growing up in homeless accommodation. That has a detrimental effect on children. We know that direct provision has a detrimental effect on children. The Ombudsman's report on direct provision speaks to that so clearly. There are now more than 20,000 Ukrainian refugees in State-provided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

.... Barnardos works with all children who have experienced trauma. We work closely with the Department to provide trauma-informed training and support for those working with children and families in direct provision. We think the same should happen for schools. The challenges for parents, children and families living in hotel accommodation are under-estimated. I have seen families who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

...able to access English language supports for children that are not from Ukraine. There are two different systems in place at the moment. That is obviously a serious concern for our office. If a direct provision centre has opened in an area or there has been an increase in the number of children coming from different countries, it is important for schools to be supported. It is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The impact on the educational outcomes of children that were in direct provision and emergency accommodation has been documented. Could Ms Ward please elaborate on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Ms Nuala Ward: We have done a lot of work in relation to direct provision so I will not repeat it here. As the Deputy knows, we consult with children living in direct provision and they told us very powerful stories. One of their key asks is that teachers are trained in intercultural awareness and are provided with guidance and supports to understand the different countries and ethnicities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...have any idea how many complaints have been made? If time allows, I will ask one last question about a student's ability to learn. Ms Ward touched on the impact in terms of students who come from direct provision or emergency accommodation. If she has time, she could elaborate on that as well.