Seanad debates

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

2:30 pm

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I know but the Senator spoke about a system whereby we would assess people in a speedy and orderly fashion. When I looked at the budget this year, straight away I saw there was a 1% increase on the last budget in respect of how much would be spent on the system to move people through the asylum process. If we were really committed to addressing people's assessment for asylum, we would have seen a much larger increase than 1%. We need to have a conversation about this issue.Not enough has been said here today about the Taoiseach's comments in the paper when let run without somebody telling him what to say. His views became very clear on a number of issues but one of them was on direct provision. I am not going to refer to the nationalities he spoke about but to a phrase he used in one of those sections, that we cannot give everybody free houses. Not only is he not fixing the direct provision centre issue, he is also using a term that is coined all the time against working class people in terms of being able to access social housing. He is purposely trying to pit direct provision against ordinary people in the housing system. That cannot be a conversation that is allowed be had.

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