The drumbeat for the abolition of direct provision reached a crescendo this past Friday, as the Government finally published its long-awaited White Paper on the issue.
The much-maligned system, in which asylum seekers are housed together and kept in a dehumanising legal and social limbo, will be fully dismantled by 2024 , the expert report says.
In the first phase, locations for new reception and integration centres which will be spread throughout the country.
Own-door accommodation will be provided in phase two and the aim will be to integrate asylum seekers into the community. Integration Minister Roderic O'Gorman has said that it will take "a whole-of-society approach".