Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What are the plans for Thornton Hall? Last week, we received notification from the community engagement team that it will be used as emergency accommodation and that this accommodation will be brought on stream in the near future. That is all of the information we have. I have spoken to the two Ministers involved. It has been reported that this will take four to six weeks and that it may require planning, depending on the units. There is a lot of other speculation, as the Minister might appreciate. There seems to be a drip feed of information to the media and no feed to public representatives, local communities or the local authority. What is the plan for engagement with public representatives, the local community and local authorities?

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