Results 81-88 of 88 for "direct provision" speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask my remaining questions together. The first relates to an issue that arose on Question Time earlier. A number of additional direct provision centres have been opened recently but it is difficult for people to travel from sites such as Moville, Kenmare and Lisdoonvarna to Dublin and back within a day. Will the Minister elaborate on plans to relocate some of the facilities in...

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...regularisation of undocumented migrants, which echoes the point, made by Deputy Rabbitte, that in many instances the public is ahead of public policy. The last primary point I wish to make concerns direct provision. We had a debate on this in, I think, February, to which both the Minister of State and I contributed. Whatever the initial intentions of the policy, it has mushroomed into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...-employment. I am conscious we are dealing with a specific issue in this discussion but this committee and, I am sure, the witnesses are very concerned about the human rights implications of asylum policy and direct provision in general. Regarding the directive, when we had the Minister here, the general indication we received is that this was essentially the only area of policy that...

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...not addressed. The situation is not remotely satisfactory or humane. These children are as Irish as the Minister or I. It is in many respects a form of State oppression that a legal technicality makes this person prone to a deportation. We do not need to look any further than direct provision to confirm the pattern and systemic nature of those policies. The 2004 referendum was a deeply...

Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...and we support the Government's decision to transpose it but it needs to go back to the drawing board. Legislation will ultimately issue for the full implementation of the directive although, as Deputy O'Loughlin outlined, despite the fact that direct provision was intended as an interim measure, we are still dealing with it a long time later. The interim measures are simply not good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...there is not enough flexibility. Perhaps these people should not be obliged to defer for so long or perhaps they should have the option to defer without losing their entitlements. Like those in direct provision, they are a particular category and supporting them through their education requires a specific approach.

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...into line with the wording of the temporary protection directive. This would place the State in a better position to be able to respond in a flexible way. These designated centres are new. We currently have a regulated, albeit flawed, direct provision system as well as the emergency accommodation created over the past two and a half years, and now we will have this system. Will any...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...on their own. I know the Minister of State will say it would have been a temporary measure, but we have an entire history in this State of temporary measures that end up being far from temporary. Direct provision is a classic example. The NBA flats near where I grew up were meant to last ten years and they lasted 30 years. We have a long track record of temporary solutions proving...