Plans to abolish direct provision have been delayed

Counter Culture / May 20, 2022

Plans to abolish direct provision have been delayed

Words: Eva O’Beirne

The government’s plan to end direct provision has hit ‘unavoidable delays’ as staff responsible have been placed in charge of Ukrainian refugees.

A briefing note prepared by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, which has responsibility for the direct provision system, shows the government has hit setbacks when it comes to abolishing the direct provision system as it promised in a white paper published last year.

The news comes as the Abolish Direct Provision Campaign have reported that refugees are being housed in the Red Cow Moran Hotel in Dublin 22 on chairs and the floor for around 100 euro per night.

Some refugees (Black & Brown) been sleeping on floors and chairs at Red Cow Hotel Direct Provision Centre in Dublin since last Wednesday. Minister @rodericogorman can you confirm when your @dcediy going to stop this warehousing of refugees at cost (100 euros per night per chair)? pic.twitter.com/XE7LQ5wWWh
— Abolish Direct Provision Campaign (@AbolishDirect) May 19, 2022

We hope this is not the new Reception Facilities that Minister Roderic O'Gorman (Green Party) talking about in his plan for the White Paper by 2024. It is a disgrace that the Government paying billions of EUROS for refugees to sleep on the floors at RED COW HOTEL DP CENTRE!! pic.twitter.com/BXQRDXwxrO
— Abolish Direct Provision Campaign (@AbolishDirect) May 18, 2022

Activists have repeatedly called out the double standard for Ukrainian refugees in comparison to those who currently reside in Direct Provision, especially when it comes to education fees for students and access to driver’s licences.

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