Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I could offer more anecdotes as I had exactly the same experience in Galway. Moreover, another politician was allowed to bring a bus to a direct provision centre. We could provide anecdotes until 10 o'clock tonight but these cases give an indication of how people in direct provision are treated. There should be complete clarity surrounding the rights of residents of direct provision centres. That is not the case at present and the Secretary General is not in a position to state whether the example cited reflected policy. I ask the witness to clarify the policy for the committee in writing.

I have a few practical questions. On the housing assistance payment, HAP, if someone receives refugee status and cannot find a home, for example, in Galway city where we have a major housing crisis, I understand he or she will be left in limbo, as it were, as it is not possible to access entitlements without an address. Is that correct?