Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the reply. We welcome the not-for-profit approach recommended in the White Paper and will give the Minister every support in trying to move to that model. There has obviously been much outsourcing of this accommodation. It is not ideal that some accommodation providers are listing categories of people they will take and categories of people they do not want to take. The Department should perhaps be stronger. In light of the amount of remuneration the providers are obtaining, their preconditions should be limited as much as possible. If there is going to be this level of outsourcing, albeit mostly temporarily, the State must ensure accountability and proper standards. Humane treatment makes this possible and it is to be hoped the inspections will ensure compliance as opposed to perhaps uncovering some uncomfortable truths that may be out there.

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