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Government can ‘collectively do more’ to tackle refugee accommodation crisis, O’Gorman says

Department of Integration hopes to introduce 350 new beds in the coming weeks

Roderic O’Gorman: “I’ve had really significant help from across government but the point is there are still people unaccommodated, so collectively we're going to have to do more to accommodate them”

Roderic O’Gorman, the Minister for Children and Integration, has said that he needs the government to “collectively do more” to tackle the refugee accommodation crisis.

It comes after tensions at cabinet between him and other ministers about the pace of their response to his recent requests for additional housing to be made available by their departments.

O’Gorman said he had been adequately supported by his cabinet colleagues to provide accommodation for international protection applicants, but ...