Results 41-60 of 125 for "direct provision" speaker:Trevor Ó Clochartaigh

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...group and there has been approval for the fact that 26 of them have been taken on board but there were 170 recommendations. Where are the rest of them and where are the key recommendations? All Senators across the House need to reflect on how and how many times direct provision was referenced in the Minister's speech. It is only referenced as a title of a report or in connection with...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...a bhí againn. A number of Senators have bemoaned the difficult number of months we have had, but I contend that this pales to insignificance compared with the conditions that many people who find themselves in direct provision have gone through. I recommend all Senators read Carl O'Brien's articles in The Irish Times. He raises issues that have been raised many times in the House...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...agencies that will be under the remit of the Ombudsman but I wish to focus my comments on the areas over which jurisdiction is not being given. I was forthright in the Seanad in arguing that people in direct provision and those who come under the auspices of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, the Reception and Integration Agency and the Prison Service should be included...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...sets out the views of people in the protection system? Does it have anything to do with the suggested improvements to the existing determination process as set out in chapter 3? Are we touching on direct provision? Are we looking at chapter 4, which talks about suggested improvements to living conditions in direct provision accommodation centres? Chapter 5 of the report relates to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...that we get that input today. Could they outline some of the basic issues that come up? They might put them on the record for us here. If an independent person were to go into any of the direct provision centres, what would be the top four or five issues that would come up around direct provision? Ms Conlan mentioned the "convenience changes". She might clarify what she means by...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Direct Provision (8 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...come to the House. We may not agree on policy issues all the time but he always makes time to come to the House, which I appreciate, especially for an Adjournment matter. I have raised again the issue of direct provision. Direct provision is an appalling system set up as a privatised system under a Fianna Fáil regime and needs to be reformed. In opposition the Minister was very...

Seanad: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...to be an issue coming down the line and it was not going to be acceptable. I am not going to go into great depth. It is very important that Fianna Fáil is now supporting the Bill. That is really welcome. I will again put on the record that direct provision is an appalling system. I do not think it is acceptable. It is institutional abuse in itself. I can appreciate that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Refugee Accommodation (28 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes. I thank the Minister for his reply. I have read the value for money report but it does not say much about the human element, which is sadly lacking in the direct provision system. The Minister of State stated that residents receive a weekly direct provision allowance of ¤19.10 per adults. I have a receipt from one of the asylum seekers of his payment from the Department of Social...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...way in order that we can address them fully and tackle them head on. This might be an area where this will rear its head, which is why we put forward these amendments. I again use the example of direct provision. I note again what Mrs. Justice McGuinness has said and we have acknowledged her a number of times for her pioneering role in having this legislation and the amendment brought...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...are turning to Christmas, and some people are hoping for a merry Christmas while others are not. One group who will probably have a very merry Christmas are those people who own companies that run direct provision centres in this country. Anybody who read the article today in The Irish Timesshould be astounded by the figures that have been quoted about the companies and the absolutely...

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...and ask the Minister to take on board some of the concerns I have highlighted. I concur with the sentiment expressed by the Minister that justice delayed is justice denied and cannot let the opportunity pass without referring to an Adjournment matter on direct provision that I tabled for discussion last week and was taken on the Minister's behalf. In that instance justice has been...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 11: In page 31, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:?(e) a direct provision accommodation centre.?.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (23 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there concern about the system of direct provision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Will Mr. Tyndall address the issue of complaints about direct provision accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there any reason NGOs did not tender to provide direct provision centres? Mr. Straton outlined the example of the Red Cross in Sweden.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: During the delivery of his annual report yesterday at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions, the Ombudsman said that at the least he needs to have oversight of direct provision and any new system that is put in place.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Apart from children in direct provision facilities.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I understand that. It is important that the Minister of State has clarified that because many people were led to believe that the issue of direct provision would be dealt with in this Bill. However, the Government has chosen not do that in this legislation. Having listened to-----

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would welcome a further debate on Committee Stage on all of these issues. I state once more that I believe direct provision is a national disgrace.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...and it needs to be scrapped forthwith and the privatised nature of it and the way people's human rights are being degraded is absolutely unacceptable. I call for a specific debate on scrapping direct provision at a later date.