Results 1-20 of 29 for "direct provision" speaker:Eileen Flynn

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...the Covid protests and the anti-vaccine protests. I got involved then with the Hope and Courage Collective, which aims to tackle the far right. Senator Ruane spoke earlier about those living in direct provision centres and hotels not being safe.Obviously, my colleague does not mean the people are killing each other; far from it. What she is referring to is what we have just spoken about...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...issue of the two-tier refugee system. I understand international protection and people just seeking temporary protection, of course. In the programme for Government, the Taoiseach promised to end direct provision; that is nowhere in sight. It is a major issue and we see, even outside of these Houses, that some people are treated with little or no dignity or respect. Whether young or...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...Matters about the cost of a child having a disability. How do we support parents with one child or two children, or even three children, who have a disability? It would be wrong for me not to mention people living in direct provision. We should not have direct provision. Of course, I acknowledge and understand what is going on in Europe. We have seen people fleeing, as we have not...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...Paper was launched two years ago. I understand there is an unprecedented crisis with war in Europe and so on – obviously, I am not so foolish as not to get that – but the White Paper on ending direct provision is nowhere to be seen.Last night I was at a talk on action against racism. Lucky Khambule is a refugee campaigner and is such a powerful person. He said that issues...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...' mental health, as well as some of the positive changes that have been made. It is not all negative. I welcome the discussions that will be held tomorrow about people who are living in direct provision and their accommodation. I ask people with all my heart that before they come in here tomorrow to remember that in order to debate these people’s lives we have to understand...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...is important that we have these discussions. I welcome the eviction bans 150%, of course. It is important that no community gets left behind, however. We talk about refugees and people living in direct provision. Unfortunately, the State is looking for them to pay rent for something it created 22 years ago. There is no harm in us discussing it today. To reiterate, I would like a very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: White Papers (25 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for coming here himself. I hope to receive an update about the White Paper on the end of direct provision. I understand there are additional pressures on the system this year. I am aware the Department stated this week that it is accommodating more than 58,000 people who arrived in Ireland this year, including 42,000 Ukrainians and 16,000 people seeking international...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: White Papers (25 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for his honesty. We are looking for clarity and, most important, people living in direct provision are looking for clarity. We are discussing HIQA and integration, which are critical for people living in direct provision, but for people who have been living in direct provision centres for three to four years, or even ten years in the odd case, having a home after...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Over the past few weeks, I have called for the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to come to the House to debate ending direct provision. I again thank the Leader for writing in and for supporting it. Unfortunately, I will need to submit a Commencement matter for next two or three weeks until I can get him in the House. It has come to my attention and to the attention of many other Senators that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...it if we could have that debate and I am again calling on the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, to come into the House and give us an update on ending direct provision. Where are we on that?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, I am in here two and a half years and it is more than a year and a half since the White Paper was published but I have not seen an end in sight for direct provision. I am not living in those horrible situations or living through that life experience. People in direct provision are in desperate need of answers. Before the summer...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I do not believe everything I see on social media but this morning I saw something that I want to raise. I follow some of the campaigns on ending direct provision as do many Members. I raised this issue yesterday and the Deputy Leader said we will have a debate in the autumn. A bowl of soup and cheese and ham sandwiches is the food that has been provided for a number of weeks in one direct...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...freedom of speech. On another note, on the Order of Business in recent weeks, I have been looking for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to come to the House for a debate around ending direct provision. As we know, the White Paper was launched over a year ago. I understand the Leader put in a request but, unfortunately, I have not heard anything back....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...can have a dramatic impact on your education and your well-being. You are fleeing a war situation and then you end up in a small room and your freedom is genuinely gone. We see that with direct provision as well. We need to tackle accommodation for refugees here. I have not got the answer as to how we are going to do that. Of course, this was not planned, and we will do what we can in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...I am worried about the Roma people in Ukraine at this time, in particular whether they are being treated fairly and are getting equal access to safety. Yesterday, a book was launched entitled, End Direct Provision AND Tackle the International Protection System. There are people in direct provision in this country who are living in horrible situations. Today I again call on the...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...doctor has told him to find a better place to live for the sake of his health. But where can he go? He wonders how you are supposed to get references if you've ... [spent half your life living] in Direct Provision ... He is tired of potential landlords being more interested in the fact that he is black, rather than the fact that he is a health care worker, a student and a youth mentor....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...Network Against Racism, ENAR, which is desperate to get it over the line. We would welcome that legislation. It has also been a year since the launch of the Government's White Paper on ending direct provision. It would be brilliant if the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, could come to the House and give us an update on ending...

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...issues we have no choice only to repeat them and it is important we do. The key to CAMHS is young people and we must think of all our young people, including those who are marginalised, those in direct provision, migrant people and young people in care services. Yesterday, Senator Ruane spoke at a meeting in the audiovisual room, which I attended, of people working with young people in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: We support the call for the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to come into the House to have a debate about where we are on ending direct provision. Too often I come into this House and speak about the people we are leaving behind. On 28 February we are leaving behind our most vulnerable people. We are leaving behind people in our society with long-term health issues and who will now be living in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2021)

Eileen Flynn: ...children seeking psychological help for mental health issues. We cannot go back to long waiting lists for children with disabilities who are awaiting assessment of needs. Our normal should not be direct provision and emergency homeless accommodation where families are stuck in one room. It should not be appalling living conditions at Traveller halting sites. We have to consider the new...