# direct provision

Last month

January 2023

Lynn Ruane: In all my years of community work I've never met the ones 'fighting for Ireland'

The independent senator takes the narrative of the Far Right to task and asks them just how much they truly care for communities in Ireland.

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Jan 19th 2023, 9:40 PM

# Protest

Department of Equality 'deplores' protests against refugee accommodation in Dublin and Fermoy

Protests took place in multiple spots across Dublin.

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Jan 12th 2023, 10:13 PM

# Killarney

Eight men appear in court over public order incident at Direct Provision centre

Eight accused appeared before the court all charged with violent disorder.

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Jan 3rd 2023, 6:02 PM

# Kerry

Two men arrested after stabbing at Direct Provision centre in Killarney

Four men were injured in the incident and treated in hospital.

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Jan 2nd 2023, 7:27 AM

Last year

2022

# irish cinema

Aisha: How this Irish film gives a look inside the Direct Provision system

We speak to the director, Frank Berry.

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Nov 26th 2022, 10:00 AM

# Asylum Seekers

Direct Provision firm records profits of €4.52m as revenues climb to €14.9m

The company operates five different properties in Co Donegal, Co Sligo, Co Mayo, Co Offaly and Co Clare

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Oct 11th 2022, 4:10 PM

# Irish Refuge Council

Refugee Council warns of ‘grievous’ risk to minors and women in 'deteriorating' accommodation

The IRC said it does not believe tents or sleeping on floors meet a protection applicant’s basic needs.

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Oct 5th 2022, 7:26 AM

# Human Rights

Anti human trafficking report calls for gender-specific accommodation for victims

The national anti-trafficking rapporteur listed education, the war in Ukraine and age identification as concerns.

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Jun 21st 2022, 6:00 AM

# Fáilte

Family who gave out free face masks during pandemic granted residency in Ireland

The Singh family, who live in direct provision in Cork, say that making the masks was about ‘giving back’ to a country they arrived in over four and a half years ago.

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Jun 17th 2022, 11:51 AM

# factcheck

FactCheck: Were refugees and asylum seekers segregated by race in a Dublin processing centre?

An activist Twitter account claims an “apartheid system” gives Ukrainians preferential treatment over asylum seekers from other countries.

Arrivals to a Dublin centre were given different coloured wristbands depending on their race according to an activist group.

Wristbands determined access to beds with Ukrainian arrivals given beds while other asylum seekers slept on the floor, the group alleged.

The group, Abolish Direct Provision Campaign, called on Minister Roderic O'Gorman to resign.

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May 31st 2022, 12:05 AM

# Integration

'The saddest journey of my life': Asylum seekers on navigating Ireland's immigration process

Asylum seekers who spoke to researchers praised supports such as counselling but said their treatment in some situations made integration difficult.

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May 3rd 2022, 12:05 AM

Voices

Opinion: St Patrick's story should make us consider how Ireland treats refugees

Author and medieval historian Elizabeth Boyle writes that tomorrow we should reflect on how we can write a new chapter of Ireland’s history.

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Mar 16th 2022, 7:00 PM

# direct provision

National Gallery 'regrets' removal of portraits but says Direct Provision operator will still run cafe

Artists claim Direct Provision operators ‘have no place in our National Gallery.’

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Feb 21st 2022, 8:25 PM

# National Gallery

Gallery workers express 'deep distress' on awarding of cafe contract to Direct Provision firm

Aramark, a Direct Provision centre operator, was awarded the catering contract for the National Gallery.

Aramark, an American corporation, took over running the gallery's cafe on 14 February, Brianna Parkins writes.

Staff asked the gallery's board members earlier this month to reconsider Aramark's suitability for catering contract.

Company currently operates three Direct Provision centres for the State in Cork, Clare and Westmeath.

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Feb 17th 2022, 12:05 AM

# direct provision

Public Accounts Committee 'not satisfied' with reliance on hotels for direct provision

The PAC has made a number of recommendations on the system.

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Jan 27th 2022, 3:36 PM

All time

Voices

I wrote on a piece of paper: 'Another lonely Christmas!’ and stuck it on the wall of my room

Activist and artist Vukašin Nedeljković writes about their three years in Direct Provision, and showing people the ‘everyday realities’ of asylum seekers.

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Dec 4th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Salthill

Government body quashes claims that Direct Provision residents were served meals in plastic bag

“Food is not served to residents in plastic bags,” a spokesperson for the International Protection Accommodation Service said.

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Nov 23rd 2021, 1:39 PM

# High Court

New law and 'admin solutions' needed before asylum seekers can get driving licences, dept says

Some legal experts have said that new legislation is not required, rather a different interpretation of the current law.

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Nov 9th 2021, 10:30 PM

Voices

Opinion: Asylum seekers with disabilities are largely invisible in an already difficult system

Asylum seekers with disabilities in Direct Provision must be afforded equal rights when compared to people with disabilities outside Direct Provision, Keelin Barry writes.

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Oct 3rd 2021, 1:00 PM

Voices

Direct Provision: limbo continues for thousands with no idea of when they’ll get out

The end of Direct Provision by December 2024 is doubtful as more than 4000 asylum seekers await their claims to be assesed, writes Bulelani Mfaco.

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Sep 26th 2021, 8:30 AM

# direct provision

Minister appoints independent group to track progress on ending Direct Provision

The government earlier this year published its plan for a new system with not-for-profit accommodation.

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Sep 23rd 2021, 3:08 PM

# Housing

Department 'feared' plan to end Direct Provision would be undermined without access to State lands

There are concerns new accommodation for asylum seekers could be delayed as a result.

The Government has committed to ending Direct Provision by 2024.

However, there are fears this could be difficult without access to State lands, Cónal Thomas reports.

Sinn Féin had called for the Land Development Agency to build some asylum accommodation.

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Aug 16th 2021, 12:05 AM

# direct provision

'Dismay' as asylum seekers now waiting over two years for claims to be processed

Protection applicants are waiting almost 27 months for a decision on their application.

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Aug 8th 2021, 7:30 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Forgotten, we feel like garbage': Housing policies exclude Travellers, migrants and asylum seekers

A report by

Cormac Fitzgerald

Cormac Fitzgerald, for The Good Information Project, examines the figures and the significant barriers to access to secure living arrangements for Travellers and migrants.

The housing problem is at its most acute among minority groups, such as Travellers, migrants and asylum seekers.

Cormac Fitzgerald, for The Good Information Project, examines the figures and the significant barriers to access to secure living arrangements.

"It's an absolutely appalling national disgrace," says Bernard Joyce of the Irish Traveller Movement.

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Jun 18th 2021, 12:05 AM

# direct provision

24 Emergency Accommodation centres for asylum seekers to be closed this year

The move is part of the government’s plan to end the institutionalised Direct Provision system by 2024.

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Jun 8th 2021, 4:51 PM

# Housing Crisis

Over 1,000 people with status to remain are stuck in Direct Provision as they can't find other housing

Eoin Ó Broin says these people should be included in the government’s homelessness figures.

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May 7th 2021, 6:00 AM

# Children

Number of child safety failings in Direct Provision centres, ombudsman report finds

Staff at one centre were found to have not been vetted to work with children.

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Apr 27th 2021, 11:14 AM

# history repeating itself

'My foster father wiped down everything I touched': Call to tackle racism in social care

Ireland is repeating the mistakes of mother and baby homes, social workers have warned.

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Apr 24th 2021, 8:00 PM

# direct provision

Issues with Covid-19 high on the list of complaints by Direct Provision residents, says ombudsman

Only 61 complaints were received by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2020, dropping from 168 in 2019.

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Mar 25th 2021, 3:29 PM

# eyes right

Move quickly and misinform: How direct provision centres became a catalyst for far-right activism in Ireland

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.

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Mar 15th 2021, 12:02 AM

# Podcast

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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Mar 4th 2021, 6:00 PM

# Asylum Seekers

O'Gorman will 'consider' State apology on Direct Provision but 'the best thing we can do is create new system'

Plans to end Direct Provision by 2024 were unveiled today.

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Feb 26th 2021, 11:35 AM

# Asylum

State plans to end Direct Provision by 2024 and replace system with not-for-profit accommodation

The Government’s White Paper published today will lay out measures to overhaul the controversial privatised system.

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Feb 26th 2021, 7:50 AM

# INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Deaths in Direct Provision to be recorded and released by Department for first time

It comes after a number of TDs and Senators called for greater transparency.

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Feb 21st 2021, 6:30 AM

# protection

Waiting time for asylum seekers to seek permission to work reduced by three months

Asylum seekers will need to wait six months instead of nine before they can apply for permission to work in Ireland.

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Jan 28th 2021, 2:16 PM

# Irish Refugee Council

Contracts with private firms running Direct Provision should not be renewed - Refugee Council

There are currently more than 7,000 people living in Direct Provision.

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Jan 27th 2021, 6:30 AM

# White Paper

Government's plan for ending Direct Provision delayed until February 2021

A White Paper on replacing the controversial system was due to be completed and submitted to Cabinet by late December.

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Dec 16th 2020, 6:00 AM

# direct provision

Catherine Day: 'Continued political oversight' needed to end 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.

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Oct 21st 2020, 4:23 PM