Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Michael Walsh:

The Deputy has described the process correctly, as we understand it. There is engagement and community engagement at a local level with councillors and otherwise. We have proposed, and in other instances, we have not proposed. The OPW has sought out the properties and otherwise we are happy to facilitate in all the engagements around services availability. In my own experience that has been the challenge on one or two sites. Water provision in one instance has caused delays and in one instance has caused the failure of one serious proposition. Ms Carr probably has experience in that space as well.