Carlow-Kilkenny TDs address Direct Provision issues in Dáil Éireann
Local TDs support White Paper but cite room to improve
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Three Carlow-Kilkenny TDs addressed a statement made by Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O Gorman (Green Party) on the topic of Direct Provision in Dáil Éireann yesterday.
The local TDs that were afforded the chance to address Minister O Gorman s statement were Kathleen Funchion (Sinn Féin), John McGuinness (Fianna Fáil) and Jennifer Murnane O Connor (Fianna Fáil).
The statements relate to the recently published (Feb 2021) White Paper , also known by its longer title A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service .
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Asylum-seekers will get the keys to their own accommodation after four months and will be able to work after six months under a new policy to end the Direct Provision system.
The changes were announced in a White Paper to End Direct Provision published by Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman.
They will be phased in over the next four years along with a new system of accommodation and supports for people seeking asylum or international protection from outside the State.
Under the new scheme, applicants will be provided with help to integrate from “day one”, according to the paper. The State will provide healthcare, education and supports for seeking employment on arrival. A key plank will see the end of the Direct Provision system, in which asylum-seekers were housed in communal centres and not allowed to work.
Minister OâGorman publishes the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision
The White Paper delivers on the commitment made in the Programme for Government to end Direct Provision.
The White Paper outlines the new system of accommodation and supports that will be put in place for applicants for International Protection.
It is anticipated that all existing Direct Provision Centres will close by the end of 2024.
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic OâGorman, T.D., today published a White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Service. This White Paper sets out a new Government policy to replace Direct Provision, which will be phased out over the next four years.