Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. If we needed further reasons to review direct provision, Ms Becker has provided them, specifically in respect of victims of trafficking who are seeking asylum. The figures Ms Becker provided are alarming. I ask her to elaborate on the reasons for her statement that direct provision is not appropriate for victims of sexual violence. While I have an idea as to what they may be, it would be useful to have them stated on the record.

Another issue related to the direct provision system of serious concern to me is the children who are born stateless, as it were. In some cases, children are born into the asylum system whose parents have been in the system for ten, 11 or 12 years. Such children do not have Irish citizenship and I am not sure what is the position as regards citizenship of the countries of origin of their parents. Is this a violation of their human rights? I know the law was changed here to provide that such persons would no longer be entitled to Irish citizenship. Is this process fair under the United Nations conventions?