Refugee Resettlement Programme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Questions (377)

Peter Burke

Question:

377. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be appropriately relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/20]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality

I can inform the Deputy that the person concerned attended an IRPP (Irish Refugee Protection Programme) clinic in January 2020 and conveyed their concerns.

They were informed that their extended family had been resettled several years earlier, prior to the arrival of the applicant's family in the State in December 2019. They were further informed that the Westmeath Refugee Resettlement Programme has now concluded and that no further resettlements were expected.

Finally, I can confirm the applicant and his wife and children have been allocated housing in Co. Wicklow.