Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will explain how we do engagement ahead of a new accommodation centre opening. As soon as a contract gets agreed, either I or the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, or close staff, will share a briefing, that is approximately six or seven pages long, on the details of that accommodation centre with all the local elected representatives. The problem is that the timeline between when the contract is agreed and when we get to share that information and move people in is quite tight.

In relation to the tender, the Department of the Taoiseach has been drawing up plans for a communications strategy over the past couple of months. Obviously, new accommodation centres have been opening in the meantime and we have had difficulties with them as well. I would like to see it come as soon as possible. The tender is out. We hope to have some answers on that soon and that we will develop a new communications strategy, which will help. It will still be difficult. We will still have a very tight timeline, when new accommodation opens and when we are able to share the information with the local representatives in advance.

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