Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I raised here last week with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, Dundrum House Hotel in Tipperary, a famous hotel, being turned into a services centre for Ukrainians and then an IPAS centre. We now also have Hearns Hotel in Clonmel, steeped in history, including that of Charles Bianconi, and 87 IPAS people going in there. There are rumours about Killusty, which is not even a village but a hamlet. I asked the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, last week to meet a deputation from Dundrum - and I am asking the Taoiseach today about Clonmel - and the Minister said he would be back to me further. I have written three times since and have heard not a word - níl aon fhocal amháin. Clonmel is a fine town, as the Taoiseach knows, and it needs a lot of help. What we did not need was one of our hotels in the town centre being taken over as an IPAS centre without any consultation or engagement with public representatives or anybody else. It is a totally unfortunate situation. I ask the Taoiseach to direct the Minister for integration to meet with a small number of people. They will come to meet him in Dublin. They will not bite him. They just want to have a sensible discussion about issues and concerns they have. There was no consultation of any shape, make or form about Dundrum House Hotel and Hearns Hotel.

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