Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister, and for his clarification also on the independent advisory group. Will those minutes or reports be available publicly so that we can see them? It is not that I do not trust the Minister but we have had 21 years dealing with this issue. Even when I outlined the reports I forgot to mention the Ombudsman’s many reports on it and I am sure that I have not mentioned other reports.

When one looks at the International Protection Accommodation Services reports, we got one back in November 2018. We were supposed to get them regularly. We have a new one now, the October one which is just out, and I welcome it. There has been a gap. Can the Minister explain why there has been a gap with these reports that give us updated figures and statistics? From what I can see there is a very significant gap between November 2018 and October 2021. That is my difficulty in this. With the enormity of the challenge, given the housing crisis, I welcome the not for profit approach, the human rights framework and the use of that language but it is making a reality of this which is important.

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