Results 1-2 of 2 for mother and baby homes segment:7911168

Did you mean: other and baby home segment:7911168?

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too feel compelled to be very critical of the system of direct provision. It has been an abject failure. I have visited the centre in Carrick-on-Suir a number of times over the years and have seen the way families are incarcerated there. These are, in the main, traumatised people who have come from very harrowing and desperate situations. I visited refugee camps outside Lebanon some...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: The direct provision systems should be a source of shame to us all, particularly considering the history of people from our country seeking sanctuary from hunger and oppression in other places across the world. The direct provision system has failed utterly those who have sought asylum and also local host communities. I was struck recently in listening to recollections of those who were...