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:
-----in accommodation availability. We have 5,040 persons with status within the system at present. That is taking up a considerable amount of capacity within the system for international protection applicants. Our duty is to provide accommodation for international protection applicants. People with status have the same rights to housing and accommodation as others-----