Results 1-20 of 22 for "direct provision" speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...opportunity to return. I hope we will be mindful of our past and open our hearts, our doors and our minds. Looking at the history of many politicians in local communities, there has been resistance to direct provision. I am not in favour of direct provision centres themselves. I do not want to see people coming in from the Baltic states to be warehoused in direct provision centres....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...circulated to all Members. It was confirmed by the Children's Rights Alliance that the Government has made very positive progress over the past 12 months in the following areas: children living in direct provision, which is interesting; pathways for undocumented children; reform of early childhood education and care; and harassment and harmful communication and related offences. They are...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...increased investment in wraparound supports". We all know such action is needed and recognise its importance. The eighth ask is that the Government takes immediate action to deliver an end to direct provision. If ever we needed to talk about direct provision, it is this week. I hope we will welcome many people from Ukraine who come to our shores seeking refuge, support and hospitality....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...streets. I came through town fairly late on Friday night, on Talbot Street and thereabouts, and it is all over the place. There is another aspect, of people who have come into this country from direct provision and other countries who are very vulnerable. They are vulnerable to abuse, addiction, sexual abuse and exploitation. These are our most vulnerable people on our streets and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Nov 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...are at a crucial point in their personal, emotional, cognitive and social development. It is a difficult transitional period for many of them but it is more difficult for people coming out of direct provision, hostels, institutions or care centres, where they are meant to be cared for, protected and supported. Such people are leaving an institution or an institutional support system...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bullying in Schools (22 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...who are perceived as being different in the broader sense of different are particularly subject to bullying and harassment. Children whose mother does not have the native tongue, children in direct provision, and children who are black or from a minority ethnic group are all being targeted for bullying day in and day out in our schools and it has to stop. Racially based abuse humiliates...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...all such issues. These are critical issues. I took the time to look at Dr. Muldoon's latest report. It makes for very interesting reading. He talks about the frustration in making progress on direct provision and the challenges faced by the Roma and Traveller communities, particularly regarding children. He refers to direct provision and the challenges it brings. He refers to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Victor Boyhan: ...to us as the people in opposition. We are now more in demand and we have the important job of scrutinising every single line of every piece of legislation. I, too, wish to raise the issue of direct provision. I do not know if anyone had an opportunity this morning to listen to the Ombudsman for Children or read the newspapers to hear or read the harrowing commentary from a survey that...

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (20 Mar 2020)

Victor Boyhan: ...back pockets. They do not know how they are going to pay their rent next week. They do not have VHI or private health cover. They are in rent arrears and some of them are being threatened with eviction. I know people who are in direct provision, away from their families and loved ones. When there is a crisis in our lives we turn to our loved ones and turn the sail back to our homes....

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

Victor Boyhan: ...is a shocking indictment on the Government and the issue needs to be addressed, as does the issue that so many people are waiting for over a year. I wish to focus on the issues of asylum seekers and direct provision because I believe these particular aspects do not get the same attention. Many of these people are not involved in the political process. Many have not embedded themselves...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...such opportunities in the great places of America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. The challenge for us must be to follow through on what the Taoiseach said. What are we doing about direct provision and the segregation of families? How are we enabling, supporting and establishing new homes and safe communities? How are we addressing migrant integration, particularly in...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ...she has played in the promotion and protection of welfare rights. We need apprenticeships and training to meet the future needs of the construction industry. We need to end degrading practices around direct provision for asylum seekers and refugees, and we need to fully, not partially, implement the recommendations of the McMahon report. It is a critical piece of work and needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ...of that today but I wish to share my concerns. It goes back to the multifaceted approach to addressing the housing problem and finding solutions. It has to be about increasing the social housing stock. Direct provision of social housing must be a key element of it, although it is not the only one. There is also the construction of private affordable housing, private affordable rental,...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...committee meeting this morning why our 31 local authorities, the housing authorities, are not building houses, why the hundreds of hectares in their ownership are not being used and why there is no direct provision of social and affordable housing. There is also a crisis in the rental sector. Therefore, there is a major crisis with regard to the rental sector, affordable and social...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...to address the issues arising from the local boundary changes and share with us his plans in respect of those changes. I wish to return to what is perhaps one of the most important issues, namely, direct provision. We heard at great length yesterday about issues with direct provision, the plight of people who are suffering and the number of children who are suffering. The report...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...in the past where people from non-EEA countries are given permits to come into this country to work. We need to look at that. It raises another big issue, which is the number of people in direct provision who have clearly expressed a wish to work in the fruit sector and the agricultural sector. They are prevented from working in this country and many of them have been here for six,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Refugee Resettlement Programme (13 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...I refer has been restated by the Minister and her colleagues in government. I attended a conference last week at which I heard the stories of many people who have experienced issues in terms of direct provision. I also heard about families that need to be reconnected and other matters. We need to challenge the myth that Ireland is the country of a thousand welcomes. That notion needs...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise one issue. It relates to a report on direct provision supports for asylum seekers published by Mr. Justice Bryan McMahon in 2015. In that report he made 173 recommendations. I made contact with Nasc last week. For those who do not know what Nasc is, it is the Irish immigration support group based in Cork. Of course there are different stories depending on who one talks to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ..., there are sensitivities. There are communication issues, as well as the priming of local authorities in terms of the provision of resources to deal with the issue. I am opposed to the system of direct provision. What co-ordination plans has the Minister put in place to provide homes for those who are due to travel to the country in the next number of weeks and months? If I understood...

Seanad: Action Plan for Housing: Statements (20 Jul 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ...officials should know about the substantial number of millions of euro sitting in accounts which has been collected under Part V for social and affordable housing. I want that money to be ring-fenced and used. The Minister should not overlook the direct provision and construction of social houses by local authorities. They do it well and have a strong record in doing so. They deliver...