Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Oonagh Buckley:
Yes. Carrick-on-Shannon is a great option for them because it is a tourist town and therefore the opportunity to work should be reasonably readily available.
We have an ongoing difficulty with people who are in education, particularly people who are offered third level education. A number of universities are working very hard to offer free educational facilities. However, because those facilities do not come with accommodation, it rebounds on the Department of Justice and Equality. If somebody is accepted for a university degree in Trinity College, DCU or wherever, we are asked to accommodate them in Dublin but we no longer have much accommodation in Dublin. That is an ongoing challenge for us. I do not have any specific answer but Ms Baxter may have something to add.
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