# direct-provision - Tuesday 27 April, 2021
# Children
# Children
Staff at one centre were found to have not been vetted to work with children.
# direct-provision - Saturday 24 April, 2021
# History Repeating Itself
# History Repeating Itself
Ireland is repeating the mistakes of mother and baby homes, social workers have warned.
# direct-provision - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Only 61 complaints were received by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2020, dropping from 168 in 2019.
# direct-provision - Monday 15 March, 2021
# Eyes Right
# Eyes Right
The first in a four-part investigation into the growth of far-right activity online in Ireland explores how an anti-immigration agenda infiltrated local activism.
# direct-provision - Thursday 4 March, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
Activist Ola Mustapha, Nick Henderson of the Irish Refugee Council and reporter Cónal Thomas talk us through it.
# direct-provision - Friday 26 February, 2021
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
Plans to end Direct Provision by 2024 were unveiled today.
# Asylum
# Asylum
The Government’s White Paper published today will lay out measures to overhaul the controversial privatised system.
# direct-provision - Sunday 21 February, 2021
# INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
# INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
It comes after a number of TDs and Senators called for greater transparency.
# direct-provision - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Protection
# Protection
Asylum seekers will need to wait six months instead of nine before they can apply for permission to work in Ireland.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Irish Refugee Council
# Irish Refugee Council
There are currently more than 7,000 people living in Direct Provision.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# White Paper
# White Paper
A White Paper on replacing the controversial system was due to be completed and submitted to Cabinet by late December.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
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.
# DAY REPORT
# DAY REPORT
A report drawn up by former Secretary General of the European Commission Dr Catherine Day has made a number of sweeping recommendations.
# direct-provision - Saturday 17 October, 2020
# DAY REPORT
# DAY REPORT
An expert group, led by former Secretary General of the European Commission Dr Catherine Day, has sent a list of recommendations to Government.
# direct-provision - Friday 18 September, 2020
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Homeless charity Depaul has helped 256 people move out of DP centres in recent months.
# direct-provision - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Testing
# Testing
The testing rollout follows a recommendation from NPHET.
# Skellig Star
# Skellig Star
The Skellig Star Hotel was at the centre of a media storm earlier this year after an outbreak of Covid-19 among residents.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Mass testing at meat plants has indicated levels of infection among workers is now very low.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Earlier today, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed a further 120 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
# direct-provision - Friday 14 August, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
This comes after clusters at four meat plants led to a localised lockdown in Kildare, Offaly and Laois.
# direct-provision - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Open Letter
# Open Letter
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Deportation
# Deportation
The couple live in a direct provision centre in Athlone.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Mndala Limote said he is fearful of returning to his Direct Provision centre when his isolation at CityWest ends.
# direct-provision - Thursday 6 August, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Direct Provision residents were previously excluded from applying for the payment.
# direct-provision - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Skellig Star
# Skellig Star
The Justice Minister says she ‘deeply regrets’ the hunger strike by asylum seekers in Co Kerry.
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
The ruling overturns a previous finding in favour of people living in direct
# direct-provision - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
Ireland is legally required to conduct these assessments, which aim to identify special reception needs for asylum seekers and refugees.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Caherciveen
# Caherciveen
Residents at the former Skellig Star Hotel began the protest today.
# direct-provision - Saturday 25 July, 2020
# INspections
# INspections
No inspections of centres have taken place since late March due to Covid-19.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# Interview
# Interview
O’Gorman sat down with TheJournal.ie as he take the reins of the children’s ministry.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# Children's Ombudsman
# Children's Ombudsman
A 100-page report by The Ombudsman For Children’s Office contains interviews with children living in Direct Provision.
# direct-provision - Friday 3 July, 2020
# Direct Provision
# 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.
# direct-provision - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Department Of Justice
# Department Of Justice
“IPAS is more concerned about protecting their reputation and the reputations of private contractors,” said Nasc CEO Fiona Finn.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Owodunni Ola Mustapha tells her own story and that of the children in DP who have suffered racist abuse.
# direct-provision - Sunday 7 June, 2020
# Charlie Flanagan
# Charlie Flanagan
The Justice Minister made the comments on RTÉ Radio Ones’s This Week programme.
# direct-provision - Friday 5 June, 2020
# Changes
# Changes
Direct Provision was set up as a temporary measure in 1999.
# Petition
# Petition
The system was set up as a temporary measure in 1999.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Fianna Fáil TD Norma Foley made the claims at a sitting of the Dáil Covid-19 committee today.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
There have been a number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 at the centre since April.
# Covid19
# Covid19
There have been 171 cases of Covid-19 among people living in Direct Provision including 13 clusters.
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