Results 21-40 of 55 for "direct provision" speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...this issue again. We debated it in September and again on 23 October in light of the Private Members' Bill. It is very helpful to have regular updates from the Minister of State on the issue of direct provision because it is matter of great concern to many of us on both sides of the House. We have always worked very constructively together to try and improve on the situation for those...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...Leader for organising it. I call on the Deputy Leader to arrange a debate on conditions for asylum seekers pending the implementation of the Day report recommendations and pending the abolition of direct provision. We know this is promised in the programme for Government and steps are being taken. In the interim, we need to ensure the conditions in which those currently living in direct...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...raised this before in the House and Senator McFadden has an amendment on it to the Social Welfare Bill. It is supposed to be a universal benefit but is denied to the children of asylum seekers in direct provision. A small number of children, the most disadvantaged in our society, are denied universal child benefit.

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...and Youth Affairs, Deputy O'Gorman, to express concern and ask that these matters be addressed urgently. I am glad to hear from the Minister that action is being taken urgently in this regard. Direct provision was originally introduced as an ad hocand somewhat temporary system but it has morphed into a system with which there have been really serious problems and injustice, particularly...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...that was in the possession of the Department of Justice and Equality for two years has been published. This is the report conducted by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on children's experiences in direct provision. It contains some very serious findings, notably that children in direct provision are concerned for their safety, particularly where they see single men seeking...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...they rescued. In that context, I ask the Leader to schedule a debate, early in the new session, with the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, on the implementation of the report on direct provision that was published recently. I note that the Minister of State has been appointed to head an implementation body to assess how the recommendations of that report can...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...in the case of the issue raised by Senator Norris, I will pass on the information on the issue raised by Senator Quinn to the Minister for Health. Senator Ó Clochartaigh raised concerns about the direct provision system, on which he and other Senators have previously called for a debate. I will again request the Minister to come to the House for a debate on that issue. I am aware of...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Garda fleet. It is very important that there is investment in Garda vehicles. I welcome the establishment yesterday by the Minister of State, DeputyÓ Ríordáin, of the working group on direct provision. This House has played a central role in seeking improvements in the direct provision system and sought to ensure that the rights of those in the system are respected....

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, to the House. I commend my colleague, Senator David Norris, for introducing the Bill, and a debate on this or related issues, which we have debated a number of times, around direct provision and those seeking asylum and other forms of permission to reside in Ireland. I commend him for making a thoughtful contribution to what is undoubtedly an ongoing debate....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...about the concerns raised by the Irish Refugee Council. Will the increased funding available go some way towards addressing a number of the issues involved? I refer, in particular, to the children in direct provision centres. Some years ago I was involved with the Free Legal Advice Centres which, with several children's rights organisations, were seeking to ensure the children of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...constituencies about people being forced to bid on rental properties and being unable to find any rental properties in their area. Already 6,000 people who have attained refugee status are stuck in direct provision because they cannot access private rental accommodation. What contingencies is the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and his Government putting in place to ensure we do not see more...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...Committee on Justice and Equality on which Senator Conway and I had the pleasure of serving for some years. In that capacity, the Minister was very conscious to ensure the rights of persons here in direct provision and to ensure improvements to and reforms in our immigration system. I know the system is being made more efficient and more effective and we are seeing fewer incidents of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...O'Gorman, whom I wish the very best with his challenging brief. I hope we will see great progress made on some of the promises made in the programme for Government, particularly on the abolition of direct provision. I ask the Leader for a debate with the new Minister in due course in this House on aspects of his brief, particularly the promise or commitment to abolish direct provision...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...continue it today. It is a long-overdue piece of legislation promised by previous Governments who could not deliver. At last we will see a single unified procedure for the protection of those in direct provision, which will tackle the serious problem of long delays. I and my colleagues have met people who have been in direct provision for long periods, some for ten years or more. It is...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...a single and unified procedure for assessing protection applications. In particular, the Bill will deal with delay. We have all spoken about the fact that so many people have languished for so long in direct provision. The issue of statelessness is one on which we need a longer and considered debate. We need to see some procedure put in place to identify stateless applicants and to...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...on the matter. Senator Ó Clochartaigh referred to the former Minister for Justice and Equality. He welcomed the incoming Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and acknowledged her record on direct provision. I join the Senator in hoping that, as Minister, she will be very proactive on the issue. Senator Colm Burke also mentioned the former Minister for Justice and Equality. He also...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jul 2020)

Ivana Bacik: .... I also second the proposal from Senator Ó Donnghaile to amend the Order of Business to call in the relevant Minister to debate with us and explain the appalling conditions in the Skellig Star direct provision centre and to explain what it is proposed to do, urgently, about those conditions. As Senator Wall said, Senator Hoey raised this issue yesterday, and all of us who have been...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...on board. There are, however, a number of areas where we are still failing children, and Ms McGuinness has identified them clearly and eloquently. More needs to be done in regard to children in direct provision. What is Ms McGuinness's view on the single best way to improve the situation of children in direct provision? The previous Minister of Justice and Equality has said, and we in...

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...to be known as emergency reception and orientation centres. I share the concerns of others, as expressed at the joint committee meeting and again today, that this should not become another form of direct provision. We are all familiar with the significant problems that exist in direct provision centres. We are all extremely anxious that these centres would not house people who are...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...consumer confidence. However, the report is certainly interesting and we might well debate it in this House, with the Leader's permission. I support colleagues who yesterday asked for a debate on the direct provision system in the light of the reports of the inspectors on the centres in which asylum seekers are being held. There is genuine concern about the fact that 1,000 children are...