Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am glad that time has been given to the issue of direct provision and the experiences of people in direct provision. I was a member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, which operated during the previous term of the Oireachtas, and we visited a number of direct provision centres. Direct provision has no place in Ireland's constitutional future and no place in the present. Direct provision needs to be ended and replaced with a system grounded in human rights, international law and best practice. We need to think, in terms of these debates, about our international presence on the world stage and how we can act, and continue to act, as a symbol of solidarity and support for people around the world. In doing so within any constitutional change in the future, direct provision is not representative of that and, therefore, we need to hear all voices on how we not just change that system but to get rid of it and replace it with something much better.

Aontaím le hEimear ó thaobh mí-úsáide an teanga nó ó thaobh úsáide an teanga mar armlón. Ba uirlis í an teanga ar son athmhuintearais agus ar son aontaithe agus ba cheart dúinn díriú isteach ar an teanga mar ábhar cosúil leis sin. Dúirt Eimear gur chuala muid ó Linda Ervine ar na mallaibh. Is as ceantar s'agam féin í Linda agus cé go bhfuil muid ó chúlraí difriúla, ba é an rud a ghlac le chéile muidne ná grá fá choinne an teanga. Tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go bhfuil an Ghaeilge lárnach i bplé faoi todhchaí na hÉireann. Tá sé tábhachtach fosta go bhfuil pobal na Gaeltachta mar chuid den chóras seo agus go gcluinfimid cén fís atá acu don todhchaí, go háirithe nuair a smaoinítear faoin méid mí-airde a thug an Rialtas ó Dheas do phobal na Gaeltachta ar fud an Stáit. Gabhaim buíochas le hEimear as a ionchur.