Results 1-4 of 4 for "direct provision" speaker:Erin McGreehan

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...who are oblivious to this day. These are the women who are waking up today battered and bruised because of what happened last night, yesterday or the day before that. I am thinking of the women in direct provision who are sitting, are lost and are trying to rear their families. I am thinking of a woman who contacted me last week because she does not have a proper shower and proper...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (22 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...complications resulting from his ill health. I have a few asks of the Minister of State. There is a need to work on awareness and a national screening database. There is a need for awareness in direct provision centres because many people who come here are carriers of the disease but are unaware of that fact.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (22 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...few proposals I would like the Minister of State to bring back to the Department. I would like it to focus on the cohort of people who are genetically predisposed to this disease, particularly in direct provision centres, to make sure they have screening for sickle cell disease. Like cystic fibrosis, it takes two carriers to have a child with sickle cell disease. Children are been born...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...by fulfilling our duties in good faith through consultation and implementation of the recommendations, as well as by including every institution, survivor and adoptee. We can also do this by abolishing direct provision centres. They are a modern-day shame. We know the damage institutions cause and we must sort this out without haste. Finally, I thank all the survivors and the adoptees...