Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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Unfortunately, I have heard that mantra from the top, the Minister, the Taoiseach, the former Taoiseach and right the way down, that the Government will tighten up on communication and engagement, but the reality on the ground is completely different and it is causing huge tensions in communities, which makes integration at the end of it almost impossible. We are creating fires in communities, where it is not necessary for us to have those issues.