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

This is a timely opportunity to mention the fact that the Department has allocated additional resources to every local authority to recruit local authority integration teams. They are all at different stages of the recruitment process.

Some have finished while others are yet to start. It will lead to up to four additional staff per local authority to assist and grow into this new place. It is a new area to grow into for some local authorities. I am glad to say the Department of Rural and Community Development, at which I also serve as Minister of State, secured additional money under the social inclusion and community activation programme and again secured into next year the additional €10 million we got last year to assist us with Ukrainian arrivals. Our volunteer centres are getting that ongoing support as well. There are many growing parts and developing areas and our community engagement team is well aware of fitting into those resources.

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