Results 1-2 of 2 for "direct provision" speaker:Cathal Berry

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...this regard, which represents significant progress for a number of reasons. Instead of bringing stranger refugees into this country whose background we do not really know and, in the process, overloading our direct provision centres and the limited housing stocks of local authorities, it makes perfect sense to leverage the existing Afghan network here. The Irish diaspora across the world...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2020)

Cathal Berry: ...affected as a result of the virus. Most reasonable people would accept that the outbreaks in those three counties were caused by some failings by State agencies in the monitoring of meat plants and direct provision centres. Most reasonable people would also accept, however, that the suppression and containment strategy used to keep a lid on this virus in those three counties was also...