The Department of Integration was in front of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday to discuss a range of issues, including spending on Ukrainian refugee and international protection seeker accommodation
It will become increasingly necessary to remove Ukrainian refugees from accommodation in areas where they have settled and started working as the Department of Integration winds down its contracts, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.
During the course of the hearing, Fianna Fáil TD James O’Connor spoke of a “town where a number of people have settled into the community with their children” and have started working.Mr O’Connor said: “All of a sudden, they are being told that there may be a potential for them to be relocated to other counties.
Secretary General Kevin McCarthy indicated that as numbers of arriving Ukrainian refugees continue to fall, the Department is no longer contracting additional accommodation from new or existing providers.“It's made clear to him from the very outset that this is temporary accommodation in the context of a crisis response.
Mr O’Connor said there needs to be a reduction in tensions in communities across the country as this has been “very badly handled by the Minister and the Department”.
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