Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 1 August 2011:

Has the department contracted for the provision of Employment Assistance Programs for:

(a) staff on Christmas Island; and

(b) staff at other immigration detention facilities

if so:

(a) who is eligible to access these programs at these facilities;

(b) what have been the contractual amounts paid and the corresponding contract periods for these programs at each detention facility since 1 January 2008;

(c) how many people have accessed these programs at each facility in each of these contract periods above or in each 6 month period since 1 January 2008; and

(d) has the department received statistical reports identifying critical issues affecting staff, if so, in each instance and for each facility:

(i) what issues have been identified;

(ii) what numbers or percentage of staff have been affected; and

(iii) what action has been taken to address these issues.