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

I assure the Deputy there are layers of communication across all levels of Government. At the highest level, we have the Cabinet subcommittee on Ukraine. We also have a senior officials' group. At a local level, we have community response forums, which are co-ordinated at a higher level by the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, and County and City Management Association, CCMA. I engage on a monthly basis with a series of NGO stakeholders that work on the ground and with Departments on co-ordination. We have another higher level of communication strategy coming from the Department of the Taoiseach as well. I will note some points from the tender that might be of interest. Work will be closely conducted with the team in the Department of the Taoiseach and other key stakeholders, to develop and produce a draft project plan to engage effectively with the public and key stakeholders on the movement of people who seek refuge. The plan should enable the team to share practical and timely information with communities and key stakeholders on accommodating new arrivals; assure communities and key stakeholders that Government is working together to ensure services are equipped; raise awareness of supports being added into the system and facilitate a good engagement between new arrivals and communities. We have many layers and will add more at a higher level and on the ground.

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