Results 1-12 of 12 for "direct provision" speaker:Lorraine Clifford-Lee

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...to care, a number of which are outlined in the report. Are our guests aware of certain groups of people who experience particular barriers to care? I am thinking, for example, of people in direct provision, people who are based in rural areas-----

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...and Tuam, for example. The 22 actions arising out of the committee also must be acted on without any delay. I would like the Minister to bring back to the Cabinet that we need action on direct provision because it is the modern day institutionalising of very vulnerable people. I have been calling for this for a long time, as have others in this House. We need action. That is the only...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (10 Nov 2020)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...by this and they might fail exams and have to repeat years, which is a very significant issue. Could the Minister address providing supports for vulnerable people living in temporary accommodation and in direct provision? This is a particularly important issue because of the living situation. We are all being asked to stay at home but some people, particularly people in these...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...and Sport, Deputy Ross, to address overcrowding issues on the northern commuter line. He promised that 28 carriages would be refurbished and delivered but this still has not happened. There are issues around the direct provision system. We all know it was originally supposed to be a temporary measure. Now, 20 years later it has not been tackled, is not sustainable and is completely...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...used can lead to serious health implications and infections down the line. That is shameful and should not be happening in Ireland today though, unfortunately, it is. Homeless women and women living in direct provision are particularly vulnerable and that is added to all the other issues they are facing because of their living situations. This issue is, obviously, particular to women....

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...see Ireland as their country. We need to be making progress on several fronts. The asylum system is not fit for purpose to say the least. For people to stand up here and say we can hold our heads up high on direct provision-----

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for his detailed speech. Fianna Fáil will be supporting the opting in to the directive. I want to use this opportunity to reiterate my real concern about the direct provision system and the lack of implementation in full of the McMahon recommendations. The soft recommendations have been implemented, but the meatier ones have not. As the Minister outlined, there...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (4 Oct 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...number being that great at all. In the next paragraph the Minister said: "We as a Government will not leave vulnerable people at greater risk." I can tell the Minister that the actual risk is the direct provision system itself. It is completely inadequate. People are allowed to languish in this system for years and years on end. That is the problem with the system. The Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...grandchildren. Many generations of people have suffered the consequences of these mother and baby homes. We also make the connection to what is going on at present with the many women and children in direct provision, a matter which has not been addressed. There is a dreadful lack of funding for women's refuges right across the country. In my own constituency it is at an appalling...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...it will come into effect. It will help all involved in the criminal justice system. I will briefly meander, if the Cathaoirleach will allow, and echo the sentiments expressed by Senator Conway on the direct provision system. I will raise this matter with the Minister of State shortly in terms of the bifurcated system of subsidiary protection and asylum and ask for an update. I will...

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...I will keep them as brief as possible because I know many other members want to make contributions. The McMahon report, which was published last year, made a number of recommendations with regard to the direct provision and protection systems. The report was supposed to be fully implemented by July 2016. While some of the recommendations have been implemented, the more meaty ones have...

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The direct provision system currently in place for asylum seekers was established in 2000. When established, it was envisaged that applicants would spend a maximum of six months in direct provision while their applications were being processed. The past 16 years have shown that has not happened and currently there are approximately 2,500 people in direct provision for four years or more....