Vol. 503 No. 1
117 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans, if any, he has to move 500 refugees out of Dublin to Cork city; and the discussions, if any, which have taken place with the Department of the Environment and Local Government, the Department of Health and Children, Cork Corporation, Cork County Council and the Southern Health Board on the matter. [9211/99]
While neither I nor my Department have any direct responsibility for providing accommodation for asylum seekers, I am aware that Cork County Council and Cork Corporation as well as the Southern Health Board have been considering the matter of accommodating asylum seekers in Cork. I have also been in contact with the Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for the Environment and Local Government in this regard.
I also understand that the Eastern Health Board has generated proposals for the accommodation of up to 500 asylum seekers in privately owned properties identified by it in Cork and in other locations.
