Direct Provision

Enda O’Neill: Government need to push on with direct provision reforms, even with Ukraine crisis

For Ireland to continue to meet its international obligations, significant capital investment is required to acquire or build a nationwide network of state-owned reception and accommodation centres for displaced people

A protester calling for the end of direct provision: government plans to introduce a new system of accommodating those seeking international protection by next year are in doubt

Enda O’Neill is head of office with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and a member of the programme board overseeing the establishment of the country’s new International Protection Support Service. The board is responsible for advising on the implementation of a new model of accommodation for those seeking international protection and was set up as part of the government’s plan to end the existing direct provision system.

As the old saying goes, budgets are just ...