Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I contacted the Minister some time ago about this case. On 7 October, 29 residents, including ten children, six family groups and two additional married couples, all of whom are Ukrainians fleeing the war and are living in a former commercial building in the Blackrock-Stillorgan area, will have to leave. They have been there since Christmas 2022. The children are at school, many, if not most, of the adults are working and they are integrated into the community. The community wants them to stay and the person who owns the property wants them to stay, yet it seems the Department is insisting they leave. Can we not do something about this? It makes no sense to evict these people when they are integrated into the community.

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