Results 1-16 of 16 for "direct provision" speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...and experiences we have heard about beforehand. Maybe the witnesses can ask Foróige and others about this on our behalf. I would love to hear from someone who has lived in and grown up in direct provision in of these sessions. This has been really useful and important. I cannot thank the witnesses enough. This reaffirms our duty, regardless of where we fall on this particular...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am glad that time has been given to the issue of direct provision and the experiences of people in direct provision. I was a member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, which operated during the previous term of the Oireachtas, and we visited a number of direct provision centres. Direct provision has no place in Ireland's constitutional future and no place in the present....

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...me, a Chathaoirligh, so I will not go into the specifics around contractual and procurement issues. Nevertheless, the best artists are those who hold a mirror up to society and challenge some of its worst elements. Direct provision remains a real issue and a problem and concern for many people across society. I hope to return to the issue, but in light of what has been said in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yesterday I raised the very serious situation in the Skellig Star direct provision centre in Cahersiveen. I asked that the House would hear statements from a Minister on the very stark humanitarian crisis that residents in the centre are facing and an update on the Government's plans to bring the system of direct provision to an end. It was the responsible thing to do to suggest we provide...

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...those Senators voting against the motion to invite her earlier this morning. That is an important point to make for the benefit of those watching. Does the Minister accept that the Skellig Star direct provision centre does not comply with the standards and requirements laid out in the Department of Justice and Equality's guidelines on direct provision published in August 2019? As I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I also want to raise the dire and serious situation in the Skellig Star direct provision centre. Direct provision is a stain on society. It is a great shame that this system prevails. The Government has made a commitment in its programme for Government to end that system. I fully endorse that. I want to see action on that and we need to see it now, not least for the people who are...

Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...the Minister has left the Chamber. Therefore, I do not expect an answer to my query and shall make a point. Senators have come into this Chamber to challenge the very clear, stark failings in the direct provision system. The system is inhumane, puts people in jeopardy, and they face extreme marginalisation and isolation. We are not saying so to amplify the sentiments of some of these...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...will not be deterred by this, as troubling and concerning as it is. While I disagree with a lot of the sentiment expressed by Senator McDowell, I agree with him in that I want to have the debate about direct provision. I want to have the debate about the failure to deal with the facilities, the processes, the needs and the care that are required by the people who are coming to this State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...back to the earlier point about how we action a response to that. When the Department's assistant secretary was before the committee a few months ago the view expressed was that one could not apply direct provision standards to emergency accommodation and "Tá brón orainn. Sin é." Regarding the legitimate call the Ombudsman has made earlier for greater administrative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...? Are there terms of reference for that statement and for ensuring value for money? What constitutes value for money for the Department for a person living either in emergency accommodation or direct provision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is that the cost for direct provision and emergency accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: On the statement about the upcoming new standards for newly acquired direct provision centres, will Ms Buckley put a figure on the number of current direct provision centres which are not meeting the newly defined standards for independent living, cooking facilities and perhaps other issues? I will accept an approximate figure. Does Ms Buckley know how many centres the Department will have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...and thoughtful contributions I have heard to it. To then see him in the condition he is in now and to hear some of these stories is a bit of a wake-up call and a dose of reality for us. My view on direct provision is not much good to the witnesses because they are living it and they articulated the experience of that vividly today. I am not as kind as my colleague, Senator Black. The...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...children who are born here when their families come to live in Ireland. I do not want to attack Senator Conway but it is worth putting on the record that I fundamentally disagree with him on the Government's record on direct provision and support for vulnerable migrant families, and children in particular. The points have been made. There is no point in getting into a ding-dong around...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...many of whom were fleeing wartorn areas that had been savaged by so-called western intervention, had come to Ireland in search of safety and in the hope of escaping persecution in their countries of origin. The system known as direct provision was seen as a way of housing them and providing them with the basics they needed to survive while their asylum applications were being processed....

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (24 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ..., although it is a tremendous shame, that a Government which leaves our senior citizens and pensioners on hospital trolleys, which leaves countless children up and down the State in hotel and temporary accommodation, and which puts people into direct provision in a most unsympathetic way would treat our Defence Forces personnel in this same way. It is indicative of a broader problematic...