Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Does the Department accept there has been a lack of policy on the integration aspect? From what I am hearing, it is leaving to the local development companies, in the context of their duties to work with these new arrivals, those who are seeking medical or psychological assistance or looking to secure additional employment, perhaps through job activation programmes. They seem to be getting lost in the system without any resources being allocated on the ground. How long will it take before these new resources are allocated to each of the centres? If we take County Mayo as an example, is there a timeline for that?
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