Results 1-10 of 10 for "direct provision" speaker:Colette Kelleher

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

Colette Kelleher: ...and have this debate in its fullness. I pay tribute to my own home town of Macroom, which has stretched out the hand of friendship, as it rightly should, to people seeking asylum who are living in direct provision centres there. Rural Ireland is not all one and the same. We need to promote the positives as well as the negatives. Once that debate is respectful, I am happy to have it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...of the single-parent families, does he know how many are in emergency accommodation because of domestic violence? How many are there because of eviction from the private rented sector? How many in direct provision centres, including children, have residency status but are unable to leave because of the housing shortage? The report, No Place like Home, by the Ombudsman for Children and...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...women to whom Senator Ruane movingly referred, particularly when there is a threat of criminal sanctions for any doctor who steps outside the provisions of the Act. I refer to someone living in direct provision. I know a centre in Cork where there is a bus service only once a week. If people cannot get the bus, they have to find money for alternative transport, but if they are living on...

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ..., the estimated 139,000 children living in consistent poverty highlighted by CSO in December, Traveller children and children with disabilities. I am also thinking of children living in direct provision. I volunteered this summer in a holiday-placement scheme supporting them. They really are living in the most dire and limited circumstances. Investing in early childhood care and...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...and, it would seem, only in the most restrictive way. Again, they have been fine words but we await real action. I also urge the Taoiseach to make a real commitment to end the national disgrace of direct provision sooner rather than later. Living in Cork, I pass Glenvera Hotel on the Wellington Road and it makes it me ashamed every time I do. We also have ongoing and encouraging...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ..., the Irish housing system is broken. It is broken for the 3,079 children living in emergency accommodation. It is broken for the hundreds of people with leave to remain but who are still stuck in direct provision centres because of the lack of housing. It is broken for the women experiencing domestic violence who cannot leave their unsafe homes because of the lack of housing. It is...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...children. The 2,700 children living in emergency accommodation have not had a good start in the context of their mental health journeys. The 1,200 children to whom Dr. Murphy referred who live in direct provision and the children who live on halting sites without access to basic services, such as running water in some cases, have not had a brilliant start in life in the context of their...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I have been blown away. We have in mind minorities and the 1,200 children in direct provision. We have in mind children from Traveller backgrounds. While we did not have them before the committee today, we are mindful of them. I thank Mr. Duffy and Ms Lennon for reminding us of them. Ms Helen noted that we all have responsibility for our mental health. Inter-agency co-operation seems...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...and support of our children, in context. Children in Ireland today face many challenges as they grow and develop. Approximately 130,000 children live in consistent poverty; 1,200 children live in direct provision; Traveller infant mortality is 3.6 times higher than for the rest of the population; 170 children have been waiting more than a year for mental health services; 56% of LGBTI...

Seanad: Migrant Integration Strategy: Statements (16 May 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...process should begin from the point of arrival, ensuring that those who eventually remain in Ireland having come through the asylum process can make the smooth transition from institutional living in direct provision to life in the community. A report by the Oireachtas petitions committee, chaired by Senator Mac Lochlainn, in May 2015 found that segregationist direct provision was not fit...