The Explainer: What is the government's radical new plan for Direct Provision?
Activist Ola Mustapha, Nick Henderson of the Irish Refugee Council and reporter Cónal Thomas talk us through it.
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Activist Ola Mustapha, Nick Henderson of the Irish Refugee Council and reporter Cónal Thomas talk us through it.
Plans to end Direct Provision by 2024 were unveiled today.
The Government’s White Paper published today will lay out measures to overhaul the controversial privatised system.
It comes after a number of TDs and Senators called for greater transparency.
Asylum seekers will need to wait six months instead of nine before they can apply for permission to work in Ireland.
There are currently more than 7,000 people living in Direct Provision.
A White Paper on replacing the controversial system was due to be completed and submitted to Cabinet by late December.
Dr Day said today the current Direct Provision system is “reactive” and said that people living in the system “bear the consequences” of its failures.
A report drawn up by former Secretary General of the European Commission Dr Catherine Day has made a number of sweeping recommendations.
An expert group, led by former Secretary General of the European Commission Dr Catherine Day, has sent a list of recommendations to Government.
Homeless charity Depaul has helped 256 people move out of DP centres in recent months.
The testing rollout follows a recommendation from NPHET.
The Skellig Star Hotel was at the centre of a media storm earlier this year after an outbreak of Covid-19 among residents.
Mass testing at meat plants has indicated levels of infection among workers is now very low.
Earlier today, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed a further 120 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
This comes after clusters at four meat plants led to a localised lockdown in Kildare, Offaly and Laois.
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
The couple live in a direct provision centre in Athlone.
Mndala Limote said he is fearful of returning to his Direct Provision centre when his isolation at CityWest ends.
Direct Provision residents were previously excluded from applying for the payment.
The Justice Minister says she ‘deeply regrets’ the hunger strike by asylum seekers in Co Kerry.
The ruling overturns a previous finding in favour of people living in direct
Ireland is legally required to conduct these assessments, which aim to identify special reception needs for asylum seekers and refugees.
Residents at the former Skellig Star Hotel began the protest today.
No inspections of centres have taken place since late March due to Covid-19.
O’Gorman sat down with TheJournal.ie as he take the reins of the children’s ministry.
A 100-page report by The Ombudsman For Children’s Office contains interviews with children living in Direct Provision.
The CSO is aiming to collect data on Direct Provision deaths but the Justice Department says it has no role in collecting this.
“IPAS is more concerned about protecting their reputation and the reputations of private contractors,” said Nasc CEO Fiona Finn.
Owodunni Ola Mustapha tells her own story and that of the children in DP who have suffered racist abuse.
The Justice Minister made the comments on RTÉ Radio Ones’s This Week programme.
Direct Provision was set up as a temporary measure in 1999.
The system was set up as a temporary measure in 1999.
Fianna Fáil TD Norma Foley made the claims at a sitting of the Dáil Covid-19 committee today.
There have been a number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 at the centre since April.
There have been 171 cases of Covid-19 among people living in Direct Provision including 13 clusters.
Some 120 million masks will arrive in Ireland from South Korea in the coming weeks.
There are now 149 cases of Covid-19 in Direct Provision.
There have been 164 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among residents in Direct Provision centres to date.
The have been 22 confirmed Covid-19 cases at the former Skellig Star Hotel.