Ms Sue Conlan:

In terms of advocacy, I would favour a mixed model. I would include local authorities in particular, as well as NGOs who specialise in certain areas. Good experience is now being built up as a result of refugees being resettled in greater numbers in Ireland, in places such as Thurles and Portlaoise. There are examples of inter-agency approaches which involve the voluntary sector, local authorities and central Government. If that can be developed, it can work well. We do not want to reinvent the wheel. We should use the resources we already have, like Citizen's Information offices, which are used to dealing with a variety of different issues. We should bring the various resources together, including the voluntary sector. That would not involve an organisation like ours because we operate at a national rather than a local level. However, we work with the National Learning Network, for example, which has 50 centres around the country and could be involved in helping people to gain access to employment. Indeed, we worked on a pilot project with that organisation recently. I would recommend an inter-agency approach in this regard.

I think I have addressed all of the questions related to housing ---