Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Photo of Kathleen FunchionKathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The only other point I want to make, which I made to the Minister before, concerns facilities. There are two facilities in Carlow, for example, that have been trying to offer accommodation. The Minister is aware of one of them and is working with it. The other is ideal. It is right opposite a school that, unusually, is not oversubscribed. The locations are ideal. I believe I have sent the details on. It would be good to follow up on these because those concerned are anxious to proceed. It seems like a win–win, particularly when there is a location across the road from a school that can take in students.

Everything else has been covered. I believe a lot has been unfairly left to the Department. I realise the Minister probably cannot comment on that. In fairness to everyone working in the Department, it has not been easy for them. Does the Minister wish to make any concluding remarks?

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