Results 81-100 of 101 for "direct provision" speaker:Bríd Smith

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I welcome those who are advocating for an end to direct provision and those who are in direct provision and who are present in the Gallery. I also welcome the debate. We have tabled a motion to end direct provision on the Dáil agenda and it has been signed by 37 Members to date. Unfortunately, we do not have a great deal of Private Member's time in which to take the motion but I am...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...lot happening, not least Deputy Paul Murphy's attendance in the courts. Missing Deputies are in the Four Courts with the Jobstown people. There is a great deal happening but this is important. The direct provision system does not work. 11 o’clock It has been in existence since 1999. Fianna Fáil brought it in and maintained it for most of that period. I welcome the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (30 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the direct provision system in view of the continued problems experienced by asylum applicants in this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15659/17]

Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...global status as the champion of immigrants. He had 30 million plus hits for his speech in Washington. I invite the Taoiseach to co-sign a motion that has already been signed by 36 Deputies to end direct provision in this country. Deputy Boyd Barrett told me that he was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions which recommended ending direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (16 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suicides of persons in direct provision and in the asylum application process that have taken place in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7642/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...in the middle of a humanitarian crisis. We very recently returned €4 million to the EU that was allocated to us to help resettle migrants. We have 8,000 migrants - men, women and children - living in direct provision, which is a horrendously cruel system that needs to be challenged. I want the Taoiseach to comment on this latest deal. I do not know how to describe how EU leaders...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Direct Provision System (15 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Government's ongoing rationale for preventing persons in direct provision from working in gainful employment. [7734/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (15 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...has been drawn to any kind of cultural awareness training that is provided to staff members, including staff not directly employed by her Department in hostels and accommodation used for those in direct provision. [7736/17]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...to evict them and sometimes to deport them. If we were to introduce this Bill, it would create all the dangers I have outlined for sex workers here. I refer in particular to sex workers living in direct provision and those who are refugees or migrants. The Bill would increase the risk and drive the whole business underground even further. It would do nothing to deal with the reality...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that asylum seekers here will not face another Christmas in the direct provision system that has been described as a severe violation of human rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40438/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress she has made in changing the direct provision system for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34738/16]

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...in how we treat human beings. Everybody is hoping we will take in this meagre 200 minors. As previous speakers said, the Government must guarantee that no minor we take in will be placed in direct provision. The system has driven people to suicide. Families live in one room on €19 per week and with no ability to cook for themselves. The system is labelled by the United Nations...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...from this country in order to procure an abortion and tens of thousands will be more likely to procure this simple pill in the future. At least the pill is affordable. Many women, including those in direct provision, do not even have the option to leave the country. Many women do not have the money or the support at home or they cannot get time off from their jobs or source a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Sep 2016)

Bríd Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent tragic incidents in a direct provision centre and if they are fit for purpose. [27375/16]

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...this country that could adequately house the people on the waiting lists, the homeless, the people who are screaming for accommodation and those who need it coming in from elsewhere. Indeed, people in direct provision are probably being treated a little bit better than those in the camps in Turkey. This report from the European Union only confirms my conviction, and that of most people...

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...is very hard on the system of children living in what has been called "state-sanctioned poverty". The Tánaiste will be aware that there is an allowance of €19.10 a week for each adult in direct provision. That was set in 1999 and has not changed. According to my calculation of indexation for inflation, that allowance should be a meagre €27.50. Instead of looking...

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...war, famine, dictatorships, etc., that even when they get here we treat them as less than human or second-class people, and that there is an outrageous amount of money being made by companies providing direct provision? It is not even State provision. We are handing over taxpayers' money to those making vast profits to keep people in conditions which can only be termed as inhumane and...

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I hope they are not put in direct provision.

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forth proposals to end the inhuman conditions attached to the direct provision model operating under her control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17151/16]

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Will the Tánaiste make a statement on any proposals or plans she has to end the inhumane direct provision model that operates under her control? There are 4,000 to 5,000 people living under this system, 1,700 children growing up within it and more than 400 children already born in Ireland in the system. Will the Tánaiste make a statement on any plans to end direct provision?