Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Committee on Public Petitions
Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman
Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail)
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There was only one case I was approached about on the housing issue, so I take on board what the witnesses have said. I asked about incentives for integrating people, which I think is important to help the communities who want to help, to integrate people and to make people part of their community. I should know this but I have not looked it up. Where do we stand with that now? When we were dealing with Ballaghaderreen, I think Deputy Flanagan was the Minister at the time and there were small grant initiatives to help local community groups with integration. Do they exist? Is that something we could expand on?