Results 1-18 of 18 for "direct provision" speaker:Rónán Mullen

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Rónán Mullen: ...The Minister has a clear formula to work on between now and Report Stage. I will make a second last point. We should think for a moment about a protest outside a migrant reception facility, as that was mentioned, where asylum seekers might be getting direct provision. We can all see clearly how such a protest should not be allowed once it is in any way directed at a person. That is...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: ...Affairs was originally established to provide a laser-like focus on the major problems which existed in that area. If people had been told in 2011 that it would eventually have responsibility for dealing with direct provision and for preparing for the arrival of refugees from war in eastern Europe, I think their eyebrows would have gone out on stalks. Yet that is the position we have...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Rónán Mullen: ...health, we started from a position pre-Covid where mental health spending comprised 6% of our health budget compared with 12% in the UK and across Europe. As I said during a Private Members' motion on direct provision centres, which I proposed in 2019 and which was adopted unanimously, the State still does not take mental health as seriously as it does physical health. Therefore, even...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Oct 2020)

Rónán Mullen: ...about the families, for example, who did not show love? I ask that people be less preoccupied with anger and blame, and to think about the hypocrisies of the present. Senator Warfield mentioned direct provision. I could ask how we treat unwanted babies in the present. Does our law not now sentence them to death in many situations? People think that is an inconsistent-----

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

Rónán Mullen: .... I will start, of course, by welcoming the Minister. Senator Byrne spoke of the disconnect between the public health response to an outbreak in a meat factory and the response to an outbreak in a direct provision centre, which was a complete failure by comparison. It must be made clear that, once people are in our State and under our protection, they must be given the same level of...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (29 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I move:That Seanad Éireann: notes that:- adequate mental health services are vital to secure the dignity and wellbeing of all those within the State, including asylum seekers within the direct provision system; - Ireland's spend on mental health services is now just 6.6% of the total health budget, compared to 13% in the 1980s; - there are now 472 consultant psychiatrists in Ireland,...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (29 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: ...who are non-nationals and have no family support. Senator Black referred to her work with the RISE Foundation, and I am very grateful she mentioned her experience of asylum seekers and people in direct provision coming before the justice committee. Senator Norris always finds a way to say something very memorable. He pointed out that most children get more pocket money than we give to...

Seanad: Migrant Integration Strategy: Statements (16 May 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...as much in resources as is needed and is possible towards implementing it in full. It would be impossible for me to ignore or not welcome the comments of colleagues in the House about the cruel direct provision system that Ireland still has. I often think of Voltaire's Candideand the idea that it is good to shoot an admiral from time to time "pour encourager les autres". It seems that...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...but also to review the length of the IPO 2 application form to assess whether it can be streamlined and made shorter. Delays in determining asylum cases mean individuals will spend more time in direct provision centres instead of being swiftly integrated into society as welcome migrants. Perhaps we can return to this issue during the rescheduled debate. I note with concern allegations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Migrant Crisis: Discussion (30 Sep 2015)

Rónán Mullen: On the role of NGOs, religious bodies and local authorities, it would be fair to say that the direct provision system goes on at the administrative level, involving the State and commercial arrangements with providers of accommodation, and at a local level there are churches and other groups involved in supporting people in different ways. Pope Francis has made a high-profile call on...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...families are pioneering a new and positive approach. I hope the Department of Education and Skills and the Health Service Executive will take on board the potential of RPM. Finally, I support Senator Conway's comments on direct provision. It appears to me as though people undoubtedly are profiteering on a large scale. I have no problem with people making profits but it must not be at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...guarded, but it would also assist committee members, be they in Government parties or not, to ask important questions of those in power. I very much welcome the question that was asked and the response on the direct provision system. It must be an issue that should be right up the priority list. The idea that we can treat people as second-class citizens, as we are doing, on the basis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)

Rónán Mullen: They are statements of welcome and encouragement. I encourage Ms Logan and wish to ask her a couple of questions, apart from the question on the direct provision system. There is an ongoing debate about prostitution. I compliment Senator Katherine Zappone on playing a leading role in producing the committee report that is now with the Government. It is an issue I have taken up also in...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...about the request and invitation. I think we should hear from the Minister for Justice and Equality on this matter. In the context of preparing for the recent Private Members' motion on the direct provision issue I visited several centres, and I know the Department of Justice and Equality facilitated my visit on one occasion. I cannot understand the reason the Department and the...

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...an taighde agus gach rud eile atá déanta acu le cur leis an díospóireacht ar an gceist fíorthábhachtach seo. I welcome the speech by the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin. As I said at the outset I appreciate his commitment to dealing with direct provision. I thank the 15 or 16 Senators who contributed to this debate. I single out Senator...

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I move: That Seanad Éireann–- notes the continuing operation of the ‘Direct Provision’ régime applying to those persons seeking asylum in the State; - notes recent Reception and Integration Agency data which shows that the average length of application process for an individual asylum seeker is 48 months and that an average stay in the direct provision...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I agree with my colleague, Senator Bacik, on the issue of direct provision. It is very important that we have a debate on matters relating to immigration and the relevant legislation, in particular about direct provision. Many people have a concern that the current system of direct provision and the way that people are being treated is an affront to human dignity. I would like to see it...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...Senator Colm Burke's amendment to the Order of Business that his Bill be published and No. 10 be taken before No. 1. Senators Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Michael Mullins and Mary Moran spoke about the direct provision system and recommended that it be scrutinised further. I agree it is a system that should be investigated more closely because the fact that ¤650 million has been spent on...