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- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome what the Minister of State has just said and I equally welcome the statement he made on 23 July 2014, when he said that direct provision needs radical reform. I also agree with the statement he made in the Dáil when he described the system as inhumane and intolerable and said it was a system he refused to stand over in its current form. It certainly needs to be changed,...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We can debate that point but-----
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would be grateful if the Minister of State could supply the aforementioned list of the recommendations of the working group which are included in this legislation. That would be very useful for us, particularly prior to our deliberations on the Bill on Monday next. My concern is that the legislation does very little to change the direct provision system as is. The Minister of State...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.
- Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire agus ba mhaith liom a rá nach bhfuil Sinn Féin ag cur i gcoinne an Bhille seo ach an oiread. Sinn Féin is not opposed to the Bill. As the Minister stated, the main purpose of the legislation is to facilitate the complete closure of St. Patrick's Institution. It repeals statutory provisions that enable the courts to order the...
- Seanad: Courts Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur ar an mBille seo. Sinn Féin does not oppose the legislation, the purpose of which is to address the problems associated with the significant increase in the number of cases coming before the High Court, including judicial reviews, medical negligence cases, asylum applications and company law-related applications. However, it would prove more fruitful...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have a point of order as the record needs to be corrected. We were misled in the House last week by the Minister of State and a number of Senators who stated there was support from the non-governmental organisations for the Bill being brought forward. It seems a number of those organisations, including the Irish Refugee Council, the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland and the Irish Immigrant...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The point of order is that the House was misled in the debate on this Bill. I call on the Minister of State at this stage-----
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----and in light of the shambolic nature of the debate last week to withdraw the Bill.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have another point of order. The Minister of State also told us we would receive a copy of the 26 recommendations that have been included in the Bill.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We were not given that in preparation for today's debate.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is shameful that it has not been forwarded to us and is another example of how the Department treats the House.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I wish to put on the record of the House that we have just received a document from the Government regarding the 26 recommendations of the working group that have been included in the Bill. I am very disappointed that we only received this document this afternoon. It is quite clear that the Minister of State had this document last Thursday. The fact it has only been given to us now, once...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is because nobody notified Members that it was being made available.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister of State himself told Members that this would be given to them.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is important initially that I put on the record the statement made by the NGOs since our last debate. It was issued on 4 December and it states:Doras Luimní, the Irish Refugee Council, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and Nasc are calling for the International Protection Bill, currently before the Seanad, to be withdrawn so that it can be properly amended by the Government and full...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Absolutely. If the Minister of State would let me finish, I might be able to clarify why I feel that is so. Senator van Turnhout rightly noted that there were many criticisms of the system over the years. She outlined that she felt at that stage that there were two overarching issues. One is the issue of conditions in the centres while the other is the length of time. What we are hearing...
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If the Minister of State would not badger me, I might be able to explain the point I am trying to make.
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would like to finish my point-----
- Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The point being made here is about the rights of the children who are being protected in the Bill.