Results 1-7 of 7 for "direct provision" speaker:Lynn Boylan

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...and delivering those products, I know the need is greater than ever. We now have Ukrainian refugees and the organisations have stepped up to provide those women with these products. We were told those in direct provision centres would be able to access the products yet all of the time these organisations are being contacted by women in direct provision who are saying the products are not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ..., but we know that there is still a lack of provision, which affects in particular people living in rural areas, people with disabilities, the working class, migrants and people living in direct provision. The three-day waiting period is also an issue. Quite frankly, it is paternalistic nonsense. I am concerned that this House has passed the legislation on safe access zones, yet we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...access to civil legal aid as restrictive as possible. Despite commitments given by the Minister with responsibility for equality, Deputy O'Gorman, that period products would be provided for free at direct provision centres, an article in today's edition of theIrish Examinerhighlights that a recent survey conducted by Homeless Period Ireland found that more than 50% of respondents still...

Seanad: Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...for a number of years and the places to which period products are delivered are not stand-alone facilities, set up only to distribute period products. They are food banks, domestic violence refuges, direct provision centres, homeless charities and addiction services. The Department of Health period poverty report flagged that while we, apparently, do not have enough data on the scale of...

Seanad: Access to Contraception: Motion (15 Dec 2020)

Lynn Boylan: ...the programme for Government. We would hope to see progress on this because periods did stop during the pandemic but access to period products was severely hampered for homeless people and for those in direct provision centres. I commend the work being done by the Homeless Period Ireland and Claire Hunt, the woman who runs that organisation from her kitchen table. She does not take any...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2020)

Lynn Boylan: ...period products. It is over a year since a cross-party motion was passed in the Dáil calling for the provision of free period products in all public buildings, including schools, universities, direct provision centres, hospitals and prisons. Yesterday, Scotland became the first country to provide universal access, and I hope Ireland will follow as soon as possible. Some measures...

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

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister for making time to come in. I will talk a little bit about the broader issue of direct provision. As awful as the situation at the Skellig Star centre is, it is simply the outworking of a cruel system. This cruel system will be a stain on the State for years to come. It is a system that belittles and demeans residents.I will give an example of the experience in direct...