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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 08, 2024

QUESTION NO.16

QUESTION: Councillor V. Mulhall

To ask the Chief Executive the action SDCC plan to take to best support and facilitate integration of asylum seekers and IPA people into our county?

REPLY:

A new Local Authority Integration Team to support and facilitate integration of asylum seekers and IPAs into our county is currently being established. The team will be made up of an Integration Support Coordinator, two Integration Support Workers and an Administrative Support role. Interviews to fill these positions have taken place and the team will be in place by the end of April. 

The role of the team is to provide ongoing integration supports to International Protection Applicants, Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection and Programme Refugees and to better help them engage with existing local services. The role includes providing information, advice and guidance to individuals, linking individuals with mainstream and NGO services and identifying gaps in supports or services.  The overarching aim is to empower individuals to ultimately live independently in the community.