Results 1-3 of 3 for "direct provision" speaker:Alan Farrell

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: Asylum seeker accommodation in direct provision came up at the justice committee a number of years ago. With regard to the overall costs, on the basis the State-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: In terms of a pattern of expenditure within direct provision in the State, I presume we are seeing a steady increase.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...it is echoed in other countries. However, we deny these people access to third level education. Having put them through the Irish education system, especially given the legacy of delays within direct provision and so on, this is bordering on cruel. Many of these children have been brought up here and they are as Irish as my two children. This is something we really should address. I...