Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----and who may not feel able to engage at the cultural level. Food is a basic thing but such events allow people to come forward, and they have a strong part to play.

The Minister has spent a good deal of the afternoon engaging with the oversight committee on the question of direct provision. That work is ongoing, and I know the Minister is constrained in what he can say until the working group reports. He has trusted the members of that group to do the work and report, and many people are awaiting that, but I know the Minister is personally determined that change will come because we must have change. Members of this House and the other House have said that and I will not repeat it, other than to add my voice also. The Minister and I visited Globe House in Sligo and heard the many stories directly. We know the Minister is determined to make that change on which he has the support probably of every Member of this House and the other House. However, when that report is published we must not have another report that merely outlines all the other things we need to do, and it passes on to another phase where nobody does anything.