Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Noel Waters:
That is one of the considerations. That has actually happened. Other considerations arise as well. We tried that at the outset. We acquired several hotels throughout the country. We found that local communities were not accepting of it. Some launched judicial reviews. In one or two places, they blocked us using the facilities. We found that this was not going to be a successful outcome so we moved away from it.
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