John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to be very clear. No community has the right to veto anybody living in that community. When I talk about communication, I am not referring to dialogue or negotiations; I am very much referring to communication. There has been a real failure by Government until this point to engage with communities and have proper communication. There are genuine concerns about a lack of services, whether it is public transport, GPs or children trying to get school places.

I appreciate that there is an emergency situation in terms of trying to put people under a roof in accommodation as quickly as possible. The communication failure has left a vacuum. There are some on the extreme right who have to be faced down and challenged. The vacuum has allowed them to move into that space and exploit vulnerable communities that are genuinely concerned about a lack of services. I welcome that there will be a communications strategy. We need to know when that will start to be rolled out within communities.

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