Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

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

Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Carol Baxter:

To give some of the statistics on the engagement that has already been done, over the past year the Minister's teams have issued 76 briefing notes to local representatives about new centres. They have provided 35 detailed phone briefings, hosted 24 online briefings and participated in 17 in-person meetings which will typically include community groups. While recognising that this work is an area where we need to do a great deal more, quite a lot has already been done.