Results 141-150 of 150 for "direct provision" speaker:Trevor Ó Clochartaigh

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...of the Magdalene laundries and Bethany Home and the women subjected to symphysiotomy in the past. We must ensure our shameful past is not continued into the present. I have referred to the direct provision model for asylum seekers on several occasions. I hope we will not discover at some future time that abuses equal to those which took place in our shameful past are happening in the...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...way in order that we can address them fully and tackle them head on. This might be an area where this will rear its head, which is why we put forward these amendments. I again use the example of direct provision. I note again what Mrs. Justice McGuinness has said and we have acknowledged her a number of times for her pioneering role in having this legislation and the amendment brought...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not have the legal background of some of my esteemed colleagues but I raised the issue yesterday of children in direct provision. The section asks whether the parents have failed in their duty towards children. There are quite a number of children in direct provision who do not have their parents with them and are left to their own means within the system. Will the Minister clarify...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...that of asylum seekers. The Irish Refugee Council has been seeking legal advice on the referendum. Ms Sue Conlon of the IRC stated she hoped the wording would afford rights to children living in direct provision but that at present it was uncertain if this were the case. Ms Conlon also said that phrases such as "as far as practicable" might mean that children in direct provision may not...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (26 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...Offices in Europe have jurisdiction in this area of administration." That point was highlighted last week with the publication by the Irish Refugee Council of a report on the conditions in the direct provision centres, which I raised in this House. It shows that the Minister should consider including those agencies in respect of the amendments being brought forward. If he does not, we...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, expressed views diametrically opposed to the statement made by the Minister of State. We have had a complete U-turn and whitewash. Serious problems arise in the direct provision system. From the limited access I have been able to secure to direct provision centres, I have noted that specific serious issues arise in them. I ask the Minister of State to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...a chur roimh an bheirt atá sa Ghailearaí romham. Tá siad ina gcónaí in ionad dídine Lisbrook i nGaillimh - ionad cóiríochta díreach, mar a deirtear. I welcome my guests from the Lisbrook direct provision centre. I have raised the question of direct provision because I know that when the Labour Party and Fine Gael were in opposition, they were strongly opposed to the direct...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...liom a mheabhrú do mo chomh-Sheanadóirí go bhfuil cur i láthair inniu againn san AV room. I remind my fellow Senators that we have a presentation today in the AV Room from the residents of the direct provision centre in Lisbrook in Galway, which is under threat of closure, and I invite Members to come along and hear their side of the story. Any Member travelling throughout Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...on children's rights as a positive move forward in our efforts to protect the welfare of children in this country. However, I take this opportunity to draw Members' attention to the plight of the scores of children currently residing in the Lisbrook direct provision centre in Galway, all of whom are facing a very uncertain future. Residents of the centre were told two weeks ago that they...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...which has been long fingered and kicked into touch once more by him. I talked to people from the Galway Refugee Support Group and people in this country are living in desperate conditions while in direct provision. Some of them have waited up to ten years to get a case hearing and to resolve the issue. It is very important that we deal with these people. We would jump up and down if it...