Results 1-12 of 12 for "direct provision" speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...saw at first hand the threat to politicians and staff on the doorstep of this building and the importance of having Garda numbers to deal with potential threats like that. Of course, I would point out that residents in direct provision centres have been putting up with intimidation and threats of violence from these far right thugs for years. I have not seen the same level of concern...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...and decisions must be taken efficiently, and we must see an end to the limbo in which so many people find themselves. It is now nearly two years since the Government published its White Paper on ending direct provision, yet we are still no closer to ending this inhumane and ineffective system. In fact, the number of direct provision centres more than doubled to 47 in 2022. I accept that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...000 people across the State. That does not include thousands of people who are effectively homeless, sleeping on couches, surfing across various apartments and so on. It does not include people in direct provision who cannot leave because of the state of the housing emergency. I want to make a clear call that the Government must act. It must do what the Scottish Government did. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2021)

Paul Gavan: ...that clear message on the day the matter was taken. We need to have an urgent debate on the issue. I was equally distressed to hear evidence given at the webinar by someone who works with women in direct provision centres. She was able to tell us that abortion pills are being sold on the black market for between €300 and €400. That is what these women are being asked to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Sep 2020)

Paul Gavan: ...sitting of the Seanad. I guess in the big scheme of things, these workers - so many of them new to our country - just do not matter to this Government. I should also cite the dreadful experience of direct provision residents with regard to Covid-19. Again, I will not hold my breath for the Government to line up emergency legislation or a special sitting for those poor people either....

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Paul Gavan: ...to build relationships across all parties and made a huge contribution. I wish to recognise in particular, Colette Kelleher, who did groundbreaking work on Travellers' rights, migrant issues and in challenging direct provision. Again, I hope we can continue to nurture the seeds of her work in this Seanad. I wish to acknowledge Catherine Noone because she did vital work on the eighth...

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

Paul Gavan: .... Students have to work more than those core weeks just to survive, get through college and pay the rent. A common-sense approach and more flexibility are required. I want to echo a point about direct provision, particularly after the happenings in the west yesterday evening. It is just outrageous and so offensive that people in direct provision are effectively excluded from third...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: ...of us heard a modern day Nazi on RTE Radio 1 this morning, spilling bile and racism. It was a fairly horrific five minutes of radio, but it made me think about what this man would think about our direct provision system. We can be fairly confident that, along with his colleagues in Golden Dawn and Front National, he would be firmly in favour of it. After all, our current system of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Direct provision.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Paul Gavan: A Burmese man who spent eight years in direct provision has won his Supreme Court appeal over the legal ban preventing him from working. The court has adjourned the matter for six months to allow the Legislature to consider the matter. According to Mr. Justice O'Donnell, “This damage to the individual’s’ self worth and sense of themselves, is exactly the damage which...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Paul Gavan: Last week, we saw horrific reports from the Mosney direct provision accommodation centre whereby residents were being sold out-of-date food for consumption - chicken meat that was two months out of date - leading to food poisoning.The residents of Mosney are being forced into a system of segregated shopping rather than being allowed buy food at a regular shop like everyone else. There is a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: ...a handout. Four weeks ago, after enduring six tortuous and isolated months at the centre, gardaí were called to the centre to investigate the suicide of the very same young Korean mother. This is the direct provision system in Ireland in 2016. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the secretary of the Kinsale Road Accommodation Centre Action Committee, Mr. Mahmud, publicly stated the...