Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites
9:30 am
Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
No. The fact is that no Department is joining the dots. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is taking the rap for it all but we all have a responsibility for integration, both to our own communities and to the refugees for whom we are responsible. We are not doing ourselves any favours in allowing a far-right element to blame the people for whom we cater in this regard. That is all I need to say on the matter. We all need to look at this a little more from a long-term perspective and stop looking at it in the short term. I do not see where the short term is now. It seems to be a long-term issue and we need to look at it from the point of view of integration, community and living together. That is all I have to say on that.
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