Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Daniel McLoughlin:

On the issue of Ukrainian refugees, and Mr. Ward can answer specific questions, Citywest is on our patch and the story, and it has been in the national media, is that they have been under immense pressure out there. We work with South Dublin Partnership and have funded some posts to work directly with the Ukrainian community on-site. We work with the South Dublin Volunteer Centre which has been out there from the very beginning and has been doing incredible work. Some of it can be very emotionally trying for volunteers looking on while people have to hold over for periods of time. Everyone is mindful of the challenge but also of the need to transition from an emergency into a more long-term integrated solution for people. The clustering of people at Citywest or in hotels or whatever, while it sounds ridiculous to say it, has a value initially in terms of collective supports such as Department of Social Protection supports, education supports and health supports in the one place, and also early intervention in English language learning. However, it cannot be like this in terms of hotels-----

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