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:

Yes, I suppose. We are introducing some changes in, say, grocery point systems and so on within direct provision centres to remove some of the entitlements they have there. There is an incentive for people in a tight and expensive rental market to remain in accommodation that is provided for them. That is-----