Everyone should feel safe in their home

Together, we can make that happen.

1020 / 2000 signatures

We all want to live in a country where everyone is safe, no matter who they are or where they are. 

But we rarely know what’s going on behind closed doors - in our care homes, garda stations, or Direct Provision centres.

This has to change. 

Government is now legislating to ratify OPCAT, a treaty that requires proper inspections of places where people are in the care of the State, but right now they're leaving Direct Provision out. 

It's important inspectors can make surprise visits to prisons and other residential institutions and that they can speak to everyone there.

And it's crucial that the government should have to listen to recommendations and explain to all of us if it decides not to implement them.

Just like our schools, our roads and our food are inspected, we need to inspect all the places where people are supposed to be looked after. This includes Direct Provision Centres. 

Because we all want to live in a country where everyone is safe.

 

Please sign and share the petition to the Minister for Justice now. 

 

Dear Minister McEntee,

I'm calling on you to be the Justice Minister who finally makes Ireland safe for everyone. We can't wait any longer. I am asking you, as Minister for Justice, to set up an independent inspection system for all residential institutions. So that we can all be safe.

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