Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The 31 Syrians are in the emergency centres that we have set up, according to the recommendation. The recommendation at European level is that refugees arriving in the first place should be in a centre where they get support services, which we have in place.

Every effort is being made to improve the standard of accommodation in our direct provision system. I assume Deputy Bríd Smith has visited some of those centres. I have been to various centres. As for the recommendations in the McMahon report on providing better accommodation for children and families where they have their own cooking facilities, we are trying to move to that as quickly as possible.

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