James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. McCarthy has clarified one aspect of the disinformation circulating. Could he explain to me why, at a number of centres around the country, so much relocation of people is ongoing? I will give him an example although I do not want to be too specific. Within a certain town, the case of a number of people who had settled into the community with their children and who had begun working was raised with me. All of a sudden, the people were told they might be relocated to other counties. Is the Department aware of how concerning this is for them? We talk here about community buy-in.

How much can it corrode community buy-in when you remove people from a community they have integrated in and where their children attend local schools, pulling them out and replacing them with new people coming into the community? That is another major question that is coming up for me in my local area and it is hard to get answers to it.