ExploringDirectProvision

A project by @LTlaw_ . Making over twenty years of FOI documentation on #directprovision system available. Funded by @UCDDublin Seed Funding.

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* 𝐨𝐧 @ExploringDP The 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 database has been updated to 15 June 2021.
📂All PDF files on the database have been optimised to allow search by word/phrases within the file🚨
https://t.co/S2pYUu7zIy

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*𝗡𝗲𝘄* 𝗼𝗻 @ExploringDP 𝑇ℎ𝑒 #directprovision 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠: the vulnerability assessments, incl draft vulnerability assessment processes under Reception Regulations 2018 (over 26 months post it becoming a legal obligation to conduct such assessments) https://t.co/HDMbmoBm8u

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🧑‍⚖️Seven @ipattribunal decisions examining concepts of attributable delay, including in relation to a protection applicant satisfying 🇮🇪 as to identity 🔗https://t.co/ov6Wnlhdfj

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*𝐍��𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 2021 @IpatTribunal decisions (up to 26 July '21).
👩‍⚖️16 decisions giving effect to @EUCourtPress decision & amended 2020 🇮🇪Regs. 🔗https://t.co/ov6Wnlhdfj

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 read how a senior @DeptJusticeIRL official responded to @IrelandJrs Budget 2019 submission requesting an increase to #directprovision allowance https://t.co/mq5gZk32yF

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 Government @merrionstreet memoranda and decisions on #directprovision in 2016 approving the €5 increase for direct provision allowance https://t.co/U3wl2db1uq

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 Government @merrionstreet memoranda and decisions on #directprovision in 2015 including on the McMahon Report & access to higher education for persons seeking protection https://t.co/nV46dfl9xR

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 Government @merrionstreet memoranda and decisions on #directprovision in 2014 including establishment of the McMahon Group: https://t.co/hInY5XbS3q

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 by August 2020 persons in #directprovision who has lost employment due to the #Covid19 pandemic were eventually entitled to Pandemic Unemployment Payment 1 https://t.co/tJLqq9uwce 2 https://t.co/T9Ei9WOZUn

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 With the onset of the #Covid19 pandemic, examine how initially (March-April 2020) persons in #directprovision who lost their jobs were excluded from Pandemic Unemployment Payment https://t.co/A9HvG7hZR2

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 examine how @DeptJusticeIRL has engaged with the #DayReport and changes proposed to the international protection system and #directprovision (October 2020 to February 2021) https://t.co/JAsazt3qbJ

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* on @ExploringDP 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴: ���️‍🌈 documentation on formulation of proposals related to #directprovision during discussions that led to the #LGBTIYouthStrategy 2018-2020 (extended to 2021) @dcediy https://t.co/ncqdIEunj1

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*𝐍𝐞𝐰* 𝐨𝐧 @ExploringDP 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 explore how @OfficeOmbudsman advocated for persons in #directprovision to be permitted to bring complaints to his office between 2015 and 2017 @DeptJusticeIRL https://t.co/bKefgAK73B

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🆕Seminar on ending Direct Provision🆕

🗓️ 17 June

📢 speakers:
@Orla_Hegarty @ucddublin
@DavidCEODepaul1 @DepaulIreland
Andy Gale @CampbellTickel1
@BulelaniMfaco @masi_asylum
John O'Connor and Claire Feeney of The Housing Agency

🔗Zoom registration: https://t.co/7NyLjklEVE

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*𝗡𝗲𝘄* 𝗼𝗻 @ExploringDP 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠: Discover how @OCO_ireland engaged with @DeptJusticeIRL between 2015 and 2017 to ensure children in #directprovision could access their right to engage with the Children's Ombudsman https://t.co/1Lf662cQzw

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And then another three years, 2013, before #directprovision was again discussed. The then @FineGael & @labour Govt decided not to oppose @JillianvT & Fiach Mac Conghail's Seanad motion on #directprovision https://t.co/fWerHINOx9

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Access all @merrionstreet Cabinet discussions on the system of #directprovision from 1998 to 2013.
📅1998: Planning for the introduction of #directprovision https://t.co/tpSFY02tnX

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Following this, there was no discussion of #directprovision at Cabinet (at least from FOI applications made available to @ExploringDP) until 2010! The then @fiannafailparty & @greenparty_ie Govt noted the 'Value for Money' of #directprovision & discussed protests in Mosney