Results 21-30 of 30 for "direct provision" speaker:Bernard Durkan

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...on that. It could happen anywhere. We all know people who say "I am not a racist, but..." even in our own society. The "but" is what alerts me to what might follow. Time and attention have been given to direct provision in recent times, which is as it should be. Many efforts have been made to provide adequate direct provision and accommodation for refugees, as it should be. Those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Migration Issues: World Health Organization (14 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...have to attend to. Once a girl or a women with a child is in that situation, health is the last issue to be addressed because the more pressing issue is feeding the family. We have all dealt with direct provision in Monaghan and the other centres all over the country. One of the issues that worries us is the fact that the undocumented people have no status and have very pressing health...

Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ...to act. It is utter hypocrisy for a Government at the eleventh hour to suggest an advocacy service for people with disabilities. The Government has had ample time to take the obvious step and make direct provision for people with disabilities.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...health centre and the provision of a dental clinic; (9) Deputies Thomas Byrne, Fiona O'Loughlin, Anne Rabbitte and Jim O'Callaghan - to discuss the need to provide education to children in a direct provision centre in Carrickmacross; (10) Deputies Mattie McGrath, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae and Michael Collins - an update on the work of the beef task force and the implementation of...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...to speak in this very important debate at this crucial time. Like many in this House, I have been dealing with immigrants for at least 20 years now. We came through the original phases of direct provision accommodation which, unfortunately, were not even up to the standards we have now; they were worse and there was much more serious overcrowding. We have an obligation to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...services, it will create further problems. I was involved in the provision of services previously in the old nursing homes, old hospitals, district hospitals, etc. This was before there was any direct provision for the private nursing homes. There was a considerable controversy over the old age pension. It was ceded to the hospital or nursing home, generating much criticism. When...

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...a bit of inflation is good; a bit of everything is good, but not an overdose of it. We need to be cautious of it and the impact it is likely to have on our way of life. Reference has been made to direct provision. The payment is small and could do with further attention but it is a place to be. When places to be are difficult and scarce, we are right to provide something. It may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...justifying their existence, before they get an answer to their questions. I do not think that is going to work or can work. I worry about it. Reference has been made to care for children and direct provision. This refers again to HIQA, and rightly so. There have been instances, and like others here I have dealt with a fair number of those cases in recent years. I saw serious...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (3 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...of the national Tidy Towns competition; (8) Deputy Paul McAuliffe - to discuss bus capacity in Dublin city during level 5 restrictions; (9) Deputy Joe Flaherty - to discuss the recent notice served on those in direct provision with five days' notice to leave the State; (10) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss updated criteria for the primary staffing appeals board to include Covid-19...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...in Kerry which lack sewerage facilities; (17) Deputies Paul Murphy, Mick Barry, Catherine Connolly and Thomas Pringle - to discuss asylum seeker conditions and the hunger strike by residents of the Skellig Star direct provision centre in Caherciveen; (18) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans to support workers at Aer Lingus;...