Results 41-55 of 55 for "direct provision" speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...of the Bill in the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence shortly after Easter. I look forward to that because it is very important that we would reform the asylum system. I am aware it is a subject close to the Minister of State's heart, as is direct provision, which we have spoken about in this House many times. I again welcome the establishment last October of the protection...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...school closure upon children and parents. The impact of the denial of educational opportunities on all our children, many of whom have additional needs or are living in poverty, homelessness or direct provision, is absolutely appalling. Therefore, we need to see an acknowledgement by the Government of the importance of providing supports for children. The Labour Party has been calling...

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

Ivana Bacik: ...of this Bill and that it represents part of much bigger legislation that was at an advanced stage previously. The aim of the Bill is to reduce the length of time an asylum applicant will spend in direct provision through establishing a single applications procedure. There is a good deal more in the Bill but clearly a reduction in time is a clear aim or goal which we all welcome. We also...

Seanad: Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (18 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...level in the context of the number of children living in consistent poverty and the growing number of homeless children. In that context, I also raise with her the condition of children living in direct provision settings and ask her to bring her influence to bear on the Government in the implementation at least of the Mahon report recommendations on improving conditions for families and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Criminal Prosecutions Data (27 Mar 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...the progress in implementing the law and making it part of policing practice has been slow to date. There is concern about issues such as accommodation for victims of trafficking who often end up living in direct provision centres. While anecdotally we hear from Ruhama and others that women feel safer because they are not being criminalised, given another effect of the legislation was to...

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...of asylum seekers who are not habitually resident here. This issue has been raised by a number of groups such as the Free Legal Advice Centres. The rights of children of asylum seekers living in direct provision accommodation has ajlso been raised by AkiDwA. Equality of access to education for children has been raised from a number of perspectives by the Irish Traveller Movement, GLEN,...

Seanad: Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 on the Establishment of Eurodac: Motion (3 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...of the application of this Eurodac regulation and this decision to opt in. I think Senator Ó Clochartaigh has raised various other issues around the treatment of asylum seekers, stigmatisation and direct provision, which he has raised many times. I would share many of his concerns and I know the Minister does as well and has responded. It is important to look at the detail of...

Seanad: Address by An Taoiseach (Resumed) (29 Sep 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...by the Tánaiste in recent weeks. Can we expedite the process to ensure that more refugees are brought in and can we see the implementation of the recommendations of the Mahon report on the reform of direct provision, which was a priority of the former Minister of State, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin? I received an e-mail update today from Médecins Sans...

Seanad: Treaty of Amsterdam: Motion (18 Oct 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...and not fall short of other EU countries in doing so. We have, perhaps, been less than generous in our assistance towards asylum seekers in the past. In that regard, we need to look again at the direct provision rules, which have caused a great deal of problems for asylum seekers and have left many children of asylum seekers in some conditions of poverty. This regulation is very important...

Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...the old system involving a declaration in the District Court, one waited until the end of the criminal law list before standing up to engage in a very technical procedure in a dusty courtroom. The direct provision system should be mentioned. The Seanad has had debates on that issue, but clearly more must be done to ensure the integration of asylum seekers and tackle the lengthy delays...

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...benefit. The point made by FLAC and the other groups is that the deprivation of child benefit to the parents of such children has had a severe effect on them because many of them already exist on direct provision and are therefore already on extremely low incomes. They cannot afford to buy basic essentials such as food, schooling and medical requirements. Were child benefit restored to...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: ...awareness of a range of issues surrounding periods, including intersectional issues, and we have done that today. The motion also does this by raising issues in respect of homeless women and women in direct provision, who face particular challenges in dealing with periods and period poverty. We also need to see issues of period poverty as part of a package of measures. This was...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...- it is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality - we need to recognise our role in Ireland in taking in more refugees and ensuring generosity in granting a right to work to those living in direct provision centres. I hope we will see speedy action being taken by the Government in that regard. My colleague Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has taken a strong stance...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: ...stress and financial burden placed on women and girls due to period poverty;and calls on the Government to:— provide a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable sanitary products and comprehensive, objective menstrual education information distributed through all public buildings, including schools, universities, direct provision centres, refuges, homeless services, Garda stations,...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...have experienced the same things. During the course of the pandemic there have been real concerns about threats of deportation of front-line healthcare workers. In November approximately 160 people in direct provision were working in the healthcare system. We must be conscious of the fact that sectors which are significantly populated by migrant workers, including undocumented migrants...