Results 21-26 of 26 for "direct provision" speaker:Mick Barry

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)

Mick Barry: ...Taoiseach will want part of his legacy to be the speech where he criticised the church and mentioned, among other things, the Magdalen laundries. The Magdalen laundries of this day and age are the direct provision centres. What has happened there, on the Taoiseach's watch, has been nothing short of a scandal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: ...media. The reality in Ireland is that if a St. Patrick were to arrive today, depending on his country of origin, he could well find himself caught up in our inhumane, degrading and racist system of direct provision. 2 o’clock If he was an adult, he would be permitted a pittance of €19.10 per week or €15.60 if he was a minor. He would have a 40% chance of...

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: ...average of 3.5 per 1,000 of population. In other words, Europe has done two and half times more than Ireland. What do we do to asylum seekers when they arrive here? They have been forced into the direct provision system, prohibited from working and forced to live on a pittance. They have very restricted access to third level education. People who were told direct provision was a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to plans by the owners of Ashbourne House direct provision centre in County Cork to develop the centre into apartments which would lead to the displacement of the residents of the centre; if she will provide the end date of the current contract between the Reception and Integration Agency of her Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision following the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. [10142/16]

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: ...its hands of the legacy of imperialism. The ongoing use of Shannon Airport on the watch of the outgoing Government and its predecessor makes nonsense of the claims of neutrality. Likewise, the scandal of direct provision, whereby thousands of asylum seekers continue to languish in deplorable conditions which occasionally provoke very justified protests, should be high on the agenda of...