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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-19/4/
19 Jun 2018 - Emergency Homeless Accommodation and Direct Provision Independent Inspection Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-19/4/
19 Jun 2018 - emergency homeless accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Community and Local...and direct provision accommodation....Part of the problem is the absence of independent inspection regimes for direct provision and emergency...Integration Agency, RIA, carries out some inspections of direct provision centres, neither body is independent...It proposes to give the responsibility for inspecting both direct provision and emergency accommodation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-02-03/54/
3 Feb 2004 - move on accommodation and support services to enable homeless persons to achieve independent living...This has enabled rough sleepers to access emergency accommodation and allowed homeless persons to move...out of emergency accommodation and into accommodation more suitable to their needs....emergency and bed and breakfast accommodation....Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-16/55/
16 Nov 1999 - needs of homeless people in their areas, including the direct provision of accommodation and securing...accommodation for homeless persons through the agency of the health boards or voluntary housing organisations...accommodation for homeless persons....The corporation is also pursuing a strategy to assist homeless people back into independent living or...into sheltered housing accommodation with the objective of freeing up emergency hostel accommodation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/13/
14 Nov 2018 - Budget 2019 reflects this commitment by allocating an additional €30 million for the provision of homelessness...for 2018....Budget 2019 also provides for an additional €60 million in capital funding for the provision of emergency...accommodation, including further emergency facilities for single adults and couples....to exit homelessness into an independent tenancy.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/5/
14 Nov 2018 - Budget 2019 reflects this commitment by allocating an additional €30 million for the provision of homelessness...for 2018....Budget 2019 also provides for an additional €60 million in capital funding for the provision of emergency...accommodation, which will deliver further emergency facilities for single adults and additional family...them to exit homelessness into an independent tenancy.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-05-22/28/
22 May 2019 - that pathways for individuals and families in emergency accommodation are secured as quickly as possible...of homeless services by local authorities in 2019, an increase of more than 25% on the 2018 allocation...Additional capital funding is also being provided to increase the supply of emergency accommodation,...Two family hubs, which provide more appropriate emergency accommodation for families, will open during...independent tenancies from there.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-04-12/742/
12 Apr 2005 - The vast majority of these were in homeless accommodation ranging from emergency to long-term supported...sheltered accommodation, to enable homeless persons move out of emergency accommodation into long-term...While the emphasis to date has been on the provision of emergency accommodation, the focus is now shifting...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is...An independent review of the operation of the homeless strategies and action plans is underway.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-10-16/413/
16 Oct 2007 - Keeffe) My Department recoups to local authorities 90% of their approved current expenditure on the provision...of accommodation and related services for homeless persons in accordance with the provisions of Section...Council advising that Section 10 funding for any tenancy sustainment service would normally be primarily directed...at services targeting people who are currently homeless and living in emergency accommodation and in...the process of being moved to independent living.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-12-12/23/
12 Dec 2000 - homeless persons on an emergency basis, but the use of it will decrease as alternative accommodation...A key element of the Government's strategy is the provision of additional accommodation and a greater...move out of emergency accommodation, whether in bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels, into accommodation...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is...We will see real improvements in the provision of accommodation and support services for homeless people
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Debate: Joint Committee On Housing, Planning And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_housing_planning_and_local_government/2018-10-03/3/
3 Oct 2018 - The existing system generally has provided for the emergency accommodation needs of homeless families...As I have set out, statutory responsibility for the provision of homeless accommodation and related services...In 2018 it provided Exchequer funding of €116 million for the provision of homeless services, an 18%...A significant proportion of this funding is for the provision of accommodation for families experiencing...into independent tenancies in 2017 and a further 2,332 in the first half of 2018.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-11-23/33/
23 Nov 2000 - A key element of the Government's strategy is the provision of additional and a greater variety of accommodation...move out of emergency accommodation, whether in bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels, into accommodation...than short-term emergency accommodation of less than one month, especially for families....homeless persons on an emergency basis, but the use of it will decrease as alternatives become available...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-11-03/33/
3 Nov 2016 - is a route out of emergency accommodation for every single household...., especially the unacceptable number of families in emergency accommodation in hotels....In that respect, Rebuilding Ireland commits that by mid-2017, hotels will only be used as emergency accommodation...To move people and families on from emergency accommodation into more permanent housing solutions, under...Rebuilding Ireland, 1,500 rapid-build units will be delivered by 2018.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-03/11/
3 Nov 2020 - As Deputies know, the number of adults and children in emergency accommodation and homelessness remains...provision as a form of emergency accommodation because they cannot secure private rental accommodation...Therefore, the real figure for the number of adults and children living in emergency accommodation remains...Meanwhile, the number of families leaving emergency accommodation is much lower than it was at that time...The Bill I am introducing imposes a 60-day obligation for a comprehensive homeless prevention plan to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-13/64/
13 Jul 2017 - control, many of us have had direct experience of very poor emergency accommodation conditions in which...accommodation, is that they be subject to an independent inspection regime....That is why the HIQA legislation was amended to include, for example, direct provision centres....It would be a really strong statement of the Minister's confidence in the emergency accommodation that...his Department is funding if he would subject them to the same type of independent inspection regime
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-03-28/7/
28 Mar 2019 - Some 18 months ago, in September 2017, we woke up to find that there were 2,432 children living in emergency...accommodation....We all know the number one cause of homelessness in this country is eviction from the private rental...Solidarity's Anti-Evictions Bill 2018 provides a number of practical remedies for staunching the flow...I am asking her a direct question. The Bill would also ban renovation as grounds for eviction.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Housing, Planning And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_housing_planning_and_local_government/2018-10-03/3/
3 Oct 2018 - It is a Bill entitled an Act to make provision in relation to requests for accommodation by homeless...We all know that there are wider issues surrounding the provision of housing and homelessness, of which...are living in homeless accommodation....If the parents are assessed as homeless under the Act, they may be offered emergency accommodation....Focus Ireland has told us that a legislative provision to provide direction for local authorities in
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-06-24/12/
24 Jun 2014 - I acknowledge that the length of time residents spend in direct provision is an issue to be addressed...provision accommodation in 34 centres, some 38% of whom are children under 18, as the Deputy pointed...I want to put on the record of the House that centres are inspected three times a year, once by an independent...I have asked the RIA to highlight the statistics relating to children in direct provision accommodation...provision accommodation.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/34/
26 Nov 2020 - To set the broader context, all accommodation centres are subject to regular unannounced inspections...by both my officials in the International Protection Accommodation Service, IPAS, and an independent...Regular visits are also made to all emergency accommodation centres by IPAS....Patrick's accommodation centre was inspected by an IPAS official on 24 September and again by QTS on...Both bodies have been undertaking both individual and collective reports on direct provision.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-06-19/40/
19 Jun 2014 - As he has said, there are 4,353 residents in 34 direct provision accommodation centres throughout the...All centres are subject to a minimum of three unannounced inspections a year - one by an independent...All staff in direct provision centres are Garda vetted and there are robust policies in place relating...I also made recommendations that the visibility of children in direct provision should be more evident...I have acknowledged that the length of time residents have spent and are spending in direct provision
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-06-12/3/
12 Jun 2015 - working group on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports for...I cannot and will not stand over the system of direct provision....This has been interpreted to include the direct provision system....The key provision of the Bill will be to replace the existing multilayered protection determination system...provision system, already engages an independent private body to carry out inspections of its centres
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-10-26/46/
26 Oct 2017 - Question Time taken by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, I asked him to consider the creation of an independent...inspection regime for emergency accommodation....He helpfully pointed me in the direction of the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, which is doing some...Will it be fully independent of the Department and the local authorities?...Will it inspect and ensure the standards of all emergency accommodation, including commercial hotels
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Debate: Joint Committee On Housing, Planning And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_housing_planning_and_local_government/2018-10-03/3/
3 Oct 2018 - I will quote one sentence from her contribution: "The Department’s role involves the provision of a national...My concern in the context of the Bill I am bringing forward is the issue of policy and legislation....I gave the example of Scotland where there are statutory limits for being accommodated out of emergency...accommodation....officials rather than the political heads of Departments, but it is essential for us get that kind of direction
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-12-07/14/
7 Dec 2017 - to exit homelessness into independent tenancies....For homeless families residing in emergency accommodation, the long-term solution is to increase and...More will follow in 2018....On the provision of supports for homeless families in emergency accommodation, I liaise on a regular...in emergency accommodation for families.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-10-17/22/
17 Oct 2019 - Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 to introduce a new statutory obligation on local authorities...or into emergency accommodation....There is no cost to the State in this Bill....alternative accommodation, when they then go into hotel accommodation, it can cost the State between...the independent body which does so.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-11-15/34/
15 Nov 2017 - While the existing system has proved successful in providing for the emergency accommodation needs of...at an early stage have avoided entering emergency accommodation and have secured a new private rented...As I have outlined, families requiring emergency accommodation will usually have already been in touch...The number of families in emergency accommodation in the Dublin region reduced in both August and September...We have already announced ring-fenced funding for increased inspections next year.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-11-09/7/
9 Nov 1983 - with an independent tenancy; many need special medical or other care and support....because of very special reasons such as dependent children, pregnancies, emergency or old age, disability...Again, the British Act contains provisions to safeguard against intentional homelessness, a feature missing...are homeless or threatened with homelessness, either through emergency or because of their social conditions...in relation to accommodation of homeless persons or persons threatened with homelessness.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1985-05-08/5/
8 May 1985 - I am, however, in a position to give a broad outline of the direction the legislation will take....Therefore, the Government's Bill will seek to ensure effective access to housing accommodation by the...Apart from the homeless, the Bill will cover other major areas of housing policy....It seeks to graft on to an existing legislative framework new provisions which are at variance with...incapable for medical reasons of living independently in a dwelling and that housing accommodation is
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2014-09-17/7/
17 Sep 2014 - of direct provision over the past number of years....and homelessness in the Irish population....I agree that poverty, homelessness and the increasing number of families at risk of homelessness through...inspections of direct provision centres where children reside....We need an independent complaints mechanism and drop-in inspections.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2013-10-23/6/
23 Oct 2013 - independent inspections of direct provision centres and to give consideration to these being undertaken...basis for payments to asylum seekers in direct provision accommodation and the effect on these payments...provision accommodation....The Minister facilitated my own recent visits to two direct provision asylum accommodation centres, with...inspections of direct provision centres where children reside, the decision by Ireland to opt out of
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-03-04/59/
4 Mar 2004 - and move on accommodation and support services to enable homeless persons to achieve independent living...This has enabled rough sleepers to access emergency accommodation and allowed homeless persons to move...out of emergency accommodation and into accommodation more suitable to their needs....emergency and bed and breakfast accommodation....Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2013-10-23/6/
23 Oct 2013 - As matters stand, not all asylum seekers live in direct provision accommodation as they are not compelled...I accept, however, that the length of time spent in direct provision accommodation and the complexity...and independent inspections of direct provision centres undertaken through HIQA, it is not clear from...Where problems within direct provision accommodation are identified, I ensure these are addressed....With regard to the legislative basis for payments to asylum seekers in direct provision accommodation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1990-03-28/9/
28 Mar 1990 - temporary accommodation....I know that the new Child Bill which is in the legislative process will increase the statutory definition...of adequate emergency accommodation in each urban area in Ireland so that no child has to live rough...There is nobody, as I understand it, who has direct responsibility for the homeless young....children: in other words, a special budget directed at homeless children so that each year one could
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-13/64/
13 Jul 2017 - solutions to address the high number of households in emergency accommodation....Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of housing, homeless accommodation and related...of temporary accommodation for homeless families....has an inspection regime in place to deal with complaints and to ensure targets are met and accommodation...The inspection team has a work programme, which includes site visits and interaction with homeless families
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/26/
14 Nov 2018 - Those in direct provision were offered accommodation....Inspections are carried out by the Ombudsman for Children among others....services on an urgent and emergency basis....The Department recently commenced a public procurement exercise under which public tenders for the provision...of accommodation and ancillary services by way of independent living for persons in the protection process
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-02-14/33/
14 Feb 2019 - and, at the end of October 2018, there were 9,724 people and 3,725 children in homeless accommodation...figures; — people and children in domestic violence refuges and direct provision accommodation are...on the right to housing in May 2019; — commit to re-housing families who have been in emergency homeless...limit the use of hubs and emergency accommodation for families with children to three months maximum...the Housing First programme by doubling all targets in the Housing First National Implementation Plan 2018
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-10-26/38/
26 Oct 2017 - Deputy Eoghan Murphy Budget 2018 provides for an allocation of €116 million for homeless services,...increase on the 2016 provision of €70 million....on securing accommodation solutions for homeless households....In 2016, over 3,000 sustainable exits from homelessness into independent tenancies were achieved....families in emergency accommodation in Dublin falling for a second successive month in September, for
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-11-09/7/
9 Nov 1983 - to be a house/flat of their own (77%), with a further 4% preferring other forms of independent accommodation..., and if you are homeless, then you do not have any conditions to be inspected and so you cannot apply...for both emergencies and for those who prefer hostels to independent housing....Hopefully when the Children's Bill finally emerges we will see some response....provision or catch provision in this Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2016-01-27/25/
27 Jan 2016 - establish an inspectorate or identify an existing body, independent of the RIA, to carry out inspections...provision accommodation and support for asylum seekers...., the 1,225 children residing in direct provision accommodation throughout Ireland....lack of an independent complaints mechanism for residents, the absence of independent inspection of...It is shocking that there is still no independent inspection regime or national standards for direct
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-29/20/
29 Nov 2018 - The Bill is urgently required to prevent many of the cases of homelessness that we are now seeing....The shameful figure of 10,000 homeless in emergency accommodation is widely known....On 26 May, the Irish Independent outlined the main reasons for terminations of tenancies....students in specific student accommodation....He effectively has no access to emergency accommodation because he works nights.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1985-05-08/5/
8 May 1985 - FitzGerald As the Chair will recall, the Second Stage of this Homeless Persons Bill was last discussed...the elderly living in private rented accommodation, and we came in with another Bill....or capable of holding an independent tenancy....There are those among the homeless whose problems cannot be solved by the provision of permanent housing...independent tenancy.
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Debate: Select Committee On Children, Disability, Equality And Integration
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_children_disability_equality_and_integration/2020-11-12/4/
12 Nov 2020 - The Department has changed the way in which it now seeks to tender for non-emergency direct provision...accommodation, which are the longer-term direct provision centres....months ago, which is based on own-door accommodation that we now see as the standard for direct provision...With regard to the differences in the regulations between direct provision and emergency accommodation...As far as I understand, my officials can still inspect emergency accommodation locations.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-11-09/7/
9 Nov 1983 - Except in emergency situations, therefore, homeless persons who are not elderly or disabled, to be eligible...and who are capable of holding independent tenancies....Every health board has some provision for sheltering homeless people....for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons....homelessness" as defined in the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-30/2/
30 Mar 2017 - I would like to set out the context for the establishment of the direct provision system....are delivered under the Government's policies of direct provision and dispersal....There has been the introduction of full independent living at the Mosney accommodation centre....These are different from people who are refugees who get accommodation in the emergency reception and...EROCs are totally different from the direct provision system.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-07-30/13/
30 Jul 2020 - I can only imagine that the pandemic and the sudden, albeit necessary, relocation to emergency accommodation...Direct provision as a means of catering for the process of asylum seekers is a challenging structure,...It is also of note that the overall goal of reforming direct provision is hoped to be achieved in the...We are running out of talent and I suggested we look to direct provision because there is a wealth of...With those numbers in mind, we must acknowledge that the dismantling of direct provision will take time
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2016-01-27/25/
27 Jan 2016 - It rightly draws attention to and highlights particular aspects of direct provision as they relate to...I take the Minister of State's point that debates on direct provision in this House, in particular, but...Members had a specific debate on the direct provision system almost one year ago and they debated it...Clearly, however, one point that emerged through those debates was that until last year, the system had...If people are tendering, they should include in their tender provision for independent cooking facilities
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Debate: Joint Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2019-07-09/3/
9 Jul 2019 - Statutory responsibility for the provision of accommodation and related services rests with the housing...Independent tenancies are provided for homeless households in the private rented sector through the provision...In 2018 more than 5,000 adults exited homelessness into an independent tenancy....are prevented from having to enter emergency accommodation....We also see significant numbers exiting emergency accommodation every month.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2019-05-22/3/
22 May 2019 - As such, the Immigrant Council of Ireland's experience of the direct provision system derives primarily...provision centres, and while this can be seen as a niche area within the overall direct provision landscape...The Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, is tasked with the provision of accommodation and material...accommodation for trafficked victims and the provision of additional resources for those refuges are...This is a niche area within the direct provision system.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2019-06-12/5/
12 Jun 2019 - The direct provision payment for children was €9.60 for a 15-year period but it has now increased to...The Ombudsman for Children can now take complaints from children in direct provision....Our view of how to change direct provision is that we need to accommodate families in own-door accommodation...accommodation facilities that are very close to situations where children are living in homeless accommodation...We also must have unannounced public inspections.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-12-15/11/
15 Dec 2000 - Under the strategy, local authorities are responsible for the provision of accommodation for homeless...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is...homeless persons on an emergency basis, but the use of it will decrease as alternative accommodation...move out of emergency accommodation, whether bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels, into accommodation...We will see real improvements in the provision of accommodation and support services for homeless people
