Wicklow site to provide tented accommodation amid protest

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The Department of Integration is considering the provision of tented accommodation at a site in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.

It is anticipated that up to 20 eight-person tents will be made available in the townland of Trudder, to address the shortfall in accommodation for International Protection Applicants.A protest has been taking place outside the State-owned property, located a short distance outside the village, for the past fortnight.

Earlier this week, a debate, instigated by the Social Democrats Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore, took place in the Dáil over the lack of accommodation for asylum seekers. "We have heard consistently from the department that the premises are not fit for purpose or for human use," he said.

 

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