Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Migrant Crisis: Discussion

10:00 am

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The second question relates to best practice. Mr. Kirrane spoke about working with NGOs. For example, the Community Workers' Co-operative has published a very good submission on good practice in terms of integration, assimilation, and interacting with local communities in advance. One model that was brought to my attention was in Southill in Limerick with the Congolese or African community a number of years ago. That is a really good model to look at. Has Mr. Kirrane looked at previous best practice? Is there a plan in place if, for example, 4,000 refugees are distributed to 40 different locations throughout the State, presumably larger urban areas? Who is he talking to in terms of NGOs? What models has he looked at that have worked well in the past?

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