Direct provision legislation
Senator Norris criticises the failure to progress his direct-provision legislation, blaming political opposition for preventing its passage; other Senators challenge his account before the Chair calls time.
What is the Government doing about it? Interestingly, Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP, also raised this issue.
The issue of direct provision was mentioned. I prepared legislation and tabled it in the House. We were told that, of course, it would all be sorted out in a matter of weeks. Rubbish.
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Nothing has been done at all. We would have passed that legislation had Sinn Féin not jumped ship at the last minute with a dog-in-the-manger-type attitude because it wanted to grab all of the kudos for solving the problem.
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It made a series of speeches and nonsensical arguments about how this, that and the other were not included in the Bill.
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The Senator should do some homework.
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Every single thing it listed was included in the Bill. Unless Sinn Féin's Members had secret reasons within their hearts-----
