Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Given the situation in Ukraine, we have to help those people. For people stuck in direct provision who have made progress in terms of naturalisation, it is better if they are able to work and participate in society. There is also the housing crisis. This is the perfect storm, with three major pressures and where we have to meet a range of demands. While I welcome the White Paper, will we be able to implement it practically within the next two or three years, given all of those pressures as well as issues with supply lines, labour shortages and retrofitting in the construction sector?
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