Direct Provision

Nasc is a founder member of the NGO Forum on Direct Provision, a network of organisations committed to campaigning for changes to protect the health and welfare of asylum-seekers housed in residential institutions here.

334. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the legislative basis for payments to asylum seekers in direct provision accommodation; the effect on these payments, if any, of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2) Act 2009 which precludes asylum seekers from being granted habitual... Read more

Yesterday, 23rd April, Nasc took part in the national day of action to ‘End Institutional Living’. Actions across the country were organised and supported by asylum seekers, NGOs and community groups, including actions in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Tralee, Castlebar and Limerick. This campaign calls for... Read more

483. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.  Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible... Read more

223. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the recommendations of the recently published report by Barnardos and the Health Service Executive into separated children in foster care; if she will take these recommendations on board, in particular,... Read more

919. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered instituting an independent complaints mechanism for asylum seekers living in the direct provision system, for example through the Ombudsman’s office; and if complaints relating to direct provision regarding... Read more

893. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the living conditions of asylum seekers here in particular families with children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. 897. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice... Read more

889. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding conditions in a reception an integration agency hostel. 934. Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken in relation to... Read more

886. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people in the asylum and related systems in direct provision at present; the number at the 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011, broken down by reference to the number of years persons in direct provision in the case... Read more

146. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date to address ongoing concerns in relation to child protection and welfare for children living in the direct provision system, as highlighted by the 2012 Irish Refugee Council report State sanctioned... Read more

310. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the medical and psychological services offered to men, women and children housed in direct provision centres. Minister of State at the Department of Health (Deputy Kathleen Lynch): As the issue raised by the Deputy relates to a service matter,... Read more

311. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to support vulnerable asylum seekers in direct provision following the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention (2005-2014) identification of this section of the population as particularly at risk... Read more

274. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions on which the Health Service Executive has offered to take children in direct provision into care, or partial care, in cases of severe malnourishment or other illness. Minister for Children and Youth... Read more

256. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women in direct provision who have reported incidents of malnutrition on a yearly basis between 2005 and 2012. Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a... Read more

255. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women in direct provision who have reported incidents of domestic violence on a yearly basis between 2005 and 2012. Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA),... Read more

236. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s decision to opt out of Council Directive 2003/9/EC which sets down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers ensuring the most basic of human rights are met including minimum standards of accommodation,... Read more

237. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers in direct provision that have died year on year between 2005 and 2012; and cause of death in each instance. Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): The Reception and Integration Agency... Read more

235. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in a tabular format, the number of asylum seekers in temporary accommodation for one year, two years, three years, four years, five years and over five years. Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter):... Read more

234. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of families in direct provision who have been allocated a single room. 257. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a list of all direct... Read more

502. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the rights, welfare and entitlements of children who live in direct provision accommodation are vindicated under the current system in a manner that is in keeping with the Children First Guidelines;... Read more

48. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the Fourth Monitoring Report of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance on Ireland which found that the direct provision accommodation system for asylum seekers is unsuitable for lengthy... Read more