Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Kevin McCarthy:
On the latter point, to be clear, engagement with the Department of Education and the HSE has been a feature of the approach from the outset of the crisis. There have been very good flows of information and we meet regularly on a bilateral basis. The recent secondment of staff to our team is just a further strengthening of that, rather than the beginning of that engagement. It has informed us from the outset. Both the HSE and the Department of Education recognise the pressure we are under in identifying available accommodation. The HSE has always been part of our international protection system teams and of providing support to international protection centres. There is always close engagement with the HSE in respect of where numbers are-----
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