Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Since March last year County Clare has welcomed thousands of Ukrainian and international protection refugees. It is important to note that these refugees have been warmly welcomed and provided for in County Clare. Frustratingly, the high level of stakeholder engagement and boots-on-the-ground co-ordination we saw in March last year has all but disappeared and evaporated. The oversight and co-ordination from the Minister's Department in towns such as Ennistymon and Shannon is utterly insufficient at this time. I ask the Minister for an update on new accommodation the Minister's Department and the International Protection Accommodation Services, IPAS, are procuring in County Clare. Not all of the 75,000 beds are quality beds. Some 86 of them in my home village are in tents. We need a decision today about whether that will continue. Will we keep people in tents?

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