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- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Catherine Connolly: ...in that sea. A total of 110 million people have been displaced worldwide, of whom 43.3 million are children, due to wars, conflict and climate change, and for many other reasons. Ireland's direct provision system was brought in in 2000 as a temporary measure. I sat on the Committee of Public Accounts and was never impressed with the Department of Justice officials coming before me at...
- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Joe Flaherty: ...progressive and wealthy countries, among which I include Ireland. Matters are compounded further by issues such as the war in Ukraine. We came into this Government committed to ending the blight of direct provision in this country. At the time, we were processing about 2,500 applications for international asylum per year. Today, we have 104,000 Ukrainians here with temporary protection...
- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Catherine Murphy: ...for considering offers of accommodation and the absence of communication with communities are leaving a dangerous vacuum. There is no doubt the war in Ukraine has changed the dynamic and removed the possibility of ending direct provision. There is a whole-of-government issue, yet the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is primarily left dealing with an...
- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ..., a petrol bomb was thrown into a premises earmarked for refugees, setting part of it on fire. Last December, the former Great Southern Hotel in Rosslare, County Wexford, which was being developed into a direct provision centre, was the victim of a suspected arson attack. Soon afterwards, the Ross Lake Hotel, Galway, was set alight, and we know what happened in Ringsend, Dublin. This...
- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Martin Kenny: ..., and we all know that. They are a tiny number of people. The system which has evolved is one Governments have stood over for a couple of decades since Senator Michael McDowell was Minister and direct provision was first brought in as a temporary measure. The problem is that the temporary measure has grown into a mess and has continued. Successive Governments have set out a playbook...
- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Pa Daly: ...and nursing homes. Sinn Féin would prioritise the creation of State-run accommodation - the same plan - while removing the for-profit element that has allowed one operator to earn €400 million since the direct provision system commenced, so the basic needs of Ukrainians and asylum seekers for shelter and safety can be met. The Government has failed in this area, particularly...