Results 1-7 of 7 for "direct provision" segment:8775562
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Thomas Pringle: ...not about race. I find it interesting that one of the "concerns" highlighted in the motion is the findings of the Ombudsman for Children's special report on the safety and welfare of children in direct provision, given that not a single one of the six Rural Independent Group TDs showed up to the debate on the motion I brought forward on that report last Thursday evening, for which the...
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Holly Cairns: ...seeker; every single one is in this country legally. Saying otherwise in this motion, in this House, and in your constituencies is inflammatory and wrong. There are many flaws in our IP system. Direct provision is a cruel and inhumane system that is unfit for purpose. It takes far too long for people to receive refugee status that allows them to live a normal life in Ireland, and some...
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...level as part of the development of a new National Integration Strategy, and hold open workshops in local communities across the country; — deliver on the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on ending Direct Provision; — roll out dedicated information campaigns to inform communities of what actions the State is taking, of the positive aspects of migration, and to...
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
David Cullinane: ...and enforced. The current system is not fair and it is not efficient because it takes far too long for applications to be processed. We have been pointing this out for years. People are stuck in direct provision centres, often for years after a decision has been made to refuse their application. They are not returned home but stay in reception centres taking up space when we now have...
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Martin Kenny: ...they await a decision from the Department of Justice. These people receive a payment of €38 per week and have their meals provided in the centre, where they are left staying for far too long. This is the direct provision system established by the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government back in the nineties as a temporary system. The system has been expanded and...
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Pa Daly: ...the asylum system is failing and it is a failure of Government because the Government’s own plan, while not perfect, has not been implemented. There is still a total reliance on the private direct provision market. Providers are cashing in, buying cheaper hotels or guesthouses and sometimes renovating them, sometimes not, but making huge amounts of money with no consideration...
- Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Carol Nolan: ...a promise made in April 2021 to end the use of non-designated commercial hotels for accommodating International Protection (IP) residents, leading to ongoing system failures on practical, economic, and legal grounds according to the Ombudsman for Children's October 2023 Special Report on the Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision; — the grave overreliance on the private...