N.B. With the coming into force of the Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2020 on 05 August 2020, asylum seekers … More
Tag: Department of Social Protection
Blog Symposium 5: Direct Provision Allowance and the EU Reception Directive
A key element of Ireland’s current reception regime for asylum seekers is the direct provision allowance payment. Direct provision allowance … More
Understanding the Increases in Direct Provision Allowance for Asylum Seekers
From August 2017, asylum seekers in Ireland will receive increases to the direct provision allowance payments. For adults, this is the … More
Direct Provision in the Irish High Court: The Decision
This post summarises some of the main grounds of challenge to the direct provision system in the case and the … More
Direct Provision: Minister Shatter Responds (and Paging Minister Burton)
Yesterday (October 9 2013) in the Dáil, the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD responded to Carl O’ Brien’s series of articles on the … More
The Ombudsman & Direct Provision
Yesterday, the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly launched a well reasoned critique of the direct provision system (news coverage here and all Human Rights in Ireland’s posts on … More