Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion

9:55 am

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As stated, there are projects relating to children in various centres, as well as other projects. People who have had their position regularised would also have the right to apply. For example, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is working sensitively with refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced sexual violence and other traumas. There is also a project in Killarney which provides practical, moral and social support for asylum seekers and refugees in Killarney and Tralee. The activities relating to this project include a drop-in service, an outreach service to local accommodation centres and capacity building through training and social activities. The project also works with local service providers to ensure the needs of asylum seekers and refugees are met. There are numerous similar projects which are funded from the money in question. For example, the City of Dublin VEC has an education programme, while the Dóchas Centre, the women's prison at Mountjoy Prison, also has a project.

Mayo Intercultural Action Group, BeLonGTo Youth Services, which provides services for gay young men, and Galway Refugee Support Group Intercultural Network of Community Activists have projects. This covers a wide variety of necessary services.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.