Results 1-20 of 55 for "direct provision" speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Asylum Support Services: Motion (23 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...is particularly appropriate on an issue such as this that we do not take a partisan approach along party-political lines. It should be a matter of great shame to all of us that we have had a system of direct provision in place for 14 years, since November 1999, in which there may well be abuses. We are certainly conscious of inadequate facilities, at a minimum. There have been many...

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2007)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to ask a supplemental question arising from the Minister's reply and I believe I am entitled to so do. Am I to understand that direct provision is made instead of child benefit in cases where direct provision is made to the children?

Seanad: Direct Provision: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, to the House and welcome the opportunity to debate the issue of direct provision which, as other colleagues have noted, Members have debated a number of times previously. I commend Senators van Turnhout and Mac Conghail and their colleagues from the Taoiseach's nominee group on bringing forward this motion, which is being debated...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...for the terrible situation in which these women find themselves. I renew my call for a debate on the restoration of universal child benefit to children of asylum seekers who are in receipt of direct provision. When I called for such a debate on the Adjournment last week, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs responded by stating asylum seekers were receiving direct provision in lieu...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...with moving to regularise the position of those who spent a long period in a legal limbo. That is what this Bill is about. However, we are at the commencement of a process of achieving real change in the direct provision and asylum application system in Ireland. That is hugely welcome. Senator Colm Burke and others have already spoken on this. I ask the Senator to give a little more...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend him on his great and well-documented commitment to the reform of the direct provision system, which I think is accepted by everyone. When we all spoke about this on Second Stage last night, I was one of the many Senators who highlighted the need to reform the direct provision procedure and deal with the implementation of all the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I join with Senator van Turnhout, who has been raising the issue of direct provision for asylum seekers and their families in this House for some time. She also raised it as a matter on the Adjournment last week. I note the comments reported today of former Supreme Court judge, Mrs. Catherine McGuinness, in which she stated that in years to come, there will be major recriminations over the...

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, to the House in his new capacity. As other speakers acknowledged, he has an impressive track record in speaking up in a highly critical fashion about direct provision and for the rights of those in direct provision centres. I have great confidence in his ability to make changes to the system in his new capacity. I welcome those in...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...sides, particularly when we have not seen the text of the Bill. We will all take that on board. Yesterday Senator Hayden called for a debate on direct provision in the new year and I support her call. It is an issue that we have raised many times across the floor of the House, most recently in Private Members’ time. We should return to it because in years to come people will...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...issue I have raised on a number of occasions. I launched a campaign over a year ago to seek to restore universal child benefit to the children of asylum seekers who are being dealt with under the direct provision programme. The campaign is co-ordinated by the Free Legal Advice Centres and supported by a range of non-governmental organisations involved in children's rights. As Senator...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...is the first attempt in ten years to raise the baseline in a flawed and problematic process. Clearly, there is a great deal more to be done, even just in terms of the working group's recommendations on direct provision. However, direct provision is only one part of our immigration and legal framework which, as I said, needs a great deal more reform. Let us recall that in the four or...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...arrived on the scene, helped to evacuate the residents from the apartment block as well. It was a terrifying experience for all involved. I join my colleagues who called yesterday for a debate on direct provision. I call on the Leader to arrange a debate on the matter early in the next session. It is worth our examining the issue in some detail. I am mindful that the number of asylum...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...real shock that he passed away in such an untimely fashion. Senator Ó Clochartaigh referred to the referendum and also asked for a debate on other equality issues, notably children in poverty and direct provision. As I said, I will look for a debate on direct provision. The reports from HIQA and the ombudsman are particularly concerning. It would be appropriate to have a debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ..., has been calling for for some time. Senator Martin Conway raised the issue of rendition flights and supported the remarks made by Senator David Norris in that regard. He also raised the issue of direct provision. I do not think anybody mentioned the fact that the Human Rights and Equality Commission had published a useful set of recommendations for improvements to the system of direct...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...is the 20th anniversary of that atrocity. A range of events are being held across the water and in Belfast, and we will have the event here next Tuesday. I welcome the publication of the report on direct provision yesterday, which went to the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin. There was a good deal of publicity around the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: White Papers (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 973. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the implementation of the White Paper on ending Direct Provision. [47281/23]

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...debate very shortly. Senator van Turnhout referred to the marriage equality referendum. I agree it was a momentous day and thank her for her kind comments. The Senator also sought a debate on direct provision, in particular that the debate on the report on direct provision, commissioned by the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...cultural life. A beautiful poem by Dermot Healy is published in The Irish Timestoday to mark his passing. Senator Mac Conghail also asked for a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality on direct provision. I will be happy to request that. That issue was the subject of a number of recent debates in the House. I was present at the Integration Centre yesterday for the launch of...

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...tone. Very positive comments, generally, have been made by colleagues across the floor. I hope the amendment will not be pressed. We have had plenty of opportunity in this House to debate direct provision and we will again do so because all of us feel strongly about the matter. On the issue of undocumented migrants, I have worked with the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland on the matter and...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...One must also respect the statements by the families seeking privacy. A measured response is appropriate but I welcome the inquiries into the actions of the Garda. I welcome last night's debate on direct provision, for which the Minister, Deputy Shatter, was present throughout. It was a model of the type of debate that we do so well in the Seanad. It was a well-crafted motion put...