{"id":4972,"date":"2024-03-27T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:41:08","slug":"underwhelming-international-protection-accommodation-plan-suggests-government-is-floundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/underwhelming-international-protection-accommodation-plan-suggests-government-is-floundering\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwhelming international protection accommodation plan suggests government is floundering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Pushing targets for delivery out to 2028, while we are in the midst of a crisis, points to a government that is floundering<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The only surprise in the government\u2019s new accommodation strategy for international protection applicants is that this flimsy document took so long to produce, according to Social Democrats Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntegration Minister Roderick O\u2019Gorman has been promising to publish this accommodation strategy for months. Yet, after all of that time, there are no concrete proposals for the short to medium term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister tells us he will deliver 14,000 State-owned beds by 2028. Yet, we have been waiting since 2021 for the Minister to deliver approximately 3,500 beds in six State-owned reception and integration centres \u2013 and the Minister can\u2019t even tell us where those beds will be located.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElsewhere, the plan promises to expedite the construction of modular units. The Minister seems to have forgotten that the 700 modular beds, that were promised for Ukrainian refugees back in 2021, have yet to be delivered. In fact, to date barely 50 per cent of those have been completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother pillar of the plan is the conversion of commercial buildings, something that is already happening. Notably, the government is now preferring to convert commercial buildings, many of which were never intended for residential use, rather than refurbishing State-owned buildings \u2013 like Baggot St hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe long overdue strategy published today is underwhelming and deeply concerning. Pushing targets for delivery out to 2028, while we are in the midst of a crisis, points to a government that is floundering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a truism that this government excels at publishing glossy plans but fails miserably at delivery. However, in this instance, the plan is threadbare and delivery non-existent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncoming Taoiseach Simon Harris has today echoed my appeal for the government to move from a crisis response to a medium and long-term plan. Despite this encouraging sentiment, there is little evidence in today\u2019s plan that the government is changing course and getting to grips with this issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the only surprise in the government\u2019s new strategy is that this flimsy document took so long to produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>27 March, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pushing targets for delivery out to 2028, while we are in the midst of a crisis, points to a government that is floundering The only surprise in the government\u2019s new accommodation strategy for international protection applicants is that this flimsy document took so long to produce, according to Social Democrats Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cIntegration Minister Roderick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-news","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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