Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed)
Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source
On the detention centres that are proposed in the legislation, the Government, in a document it put out on 27 March, referred to providing reception and integration centres and accommodation centres that would be State-run and that would hold up to 13,000 people. It also stated that it had contingency accommodation, developed to national standards and run by commercial providers, for up to 11,000 people. It further stated that it had emergency accommodation, which commercial providers would also run, for up to 10,000 people. Do our witnesses have any concerns about that? Our numbers are obviously rising. Do they agree with this action on the part of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman?
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