Results 1-9 of 9 for "direct provision" speaker:Catherine Ardagh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: ...I am glad Ms Owen touched on the fact that we are seeing much gender-based violence in Ireland so it is not just happening in conflict areas. She said her group is tackling gender-based violence in direct provision-type settings, as well as other settings arising from conflict zones, including the human trafficking of women and children. How is the group funded? Does funding come from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: ...sentence and would know when they were getting out. Many of us have been championing this cause for a long time. One of the first motions I put my name to in Dublin City Council in 2014 was to end direct provision. The campaign to end it has been going on for a long time. Today is a cause for celebration. We hope the Government implements this report because we have seen many reports....

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

Catherine Ardagh: ...Covid-19, which is worrying. The former Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, recognised the work of immigrants in Ireland, especially in our hospitals and nursing homes. Many of them were living in direct provision centres and this demonstrated their value to our society. I welcome the decision of the Minister for Justice and Equality to reopen the Burgh Quay registration office for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: ..., I mentioned our feminised homeless population and today I would like to flag my concerns about the use of family hubs in Dublin to house our homeless families. I envisage these hubs to be the direct provision centres of the future in which we house our own citizens. I do not agree with this policy. We are creating mini-ghettos where mothers are unable to dictate the pace of their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)

Catherine Ardagh: ...carers' credits and backdating the home-makers' disregard. I would like to know what exactly the Minister is considering in terms of pension equality. The sum of €19 per week for a person living in direct provision is scandalous in this day and age. It forces many people in direct provision to work in the black market. They may work in restaurants where they have no proper terms...

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

Catherine Ardagh: ...immigration practitioner. Last year, in Dublin City Council, I proposed a motion, which received cross-party support, calling on the chief executive to ask the Minister to put an end to long-term direct provision for asylum seekers and to review the consequences for children living in direct provision centres. Furthermore, it called on the Minister to bring an end to the operation of...

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

Catherine Ardagh: Direct provision is inhumane and amounts to State-sponsored poverty and exclusion, particularly for children. People are forced to live in substandard accommodation and often have to share it with strangers. The eminent retired judge, Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, said that direct provision centres will be the subject of redress boards in the future unless something is done. It is a...

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

Catherine Ardagh: Direct provision appears to be run like a business rather than an institution that is caring for people.

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

Catherine Ardagh: ...unfair and discriminatory against a child who is unable to choose their parents or where they were born. The entire system is massively unfair. Fianna Fáil shares many of the concerns about the direct provision policy. The most interesting one, which I believe we could resolve, is the excessively long waiting times for asylum and protection applications to be processed. The system...