Department of Integration is looking at refitting a building at Shannon Business Park for emergency accommodation
It claimed that it would be premature to discuss the matter with representatives of the local community, but said it would do so before the building is occupied.
The Department said that the Office of Public Works had offered it the specified building to provide emergency accommodation for those seeking refuge in Ireland but engagement is ongoing and no contract has been signed.Clare TD Cathal Crowe said that housing people in an industrial building, some distance from any local amenities, would be very inappropriate. “The support model so far, while it hasn’t been ideal, has concentrated on hotel accommodation and larger buildings owned by the State.
“There’s two sides to Shannon as everyone knows, there’s the town side and then there’s the airport/industrial side. It’s fine to work in that industrial area but there’s very little in terms of infrastructure or social supports there to sustain a community of people. I don’t think it’s an appropriate location to have a centre like this located.”
He questioned the capacity of Shannon to absorb another large cohort of people, following the arrival of a large number of Ukrainian refugees in 2022.
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