Direct Provision needs to be overhauled now By Alison O Reilly
Councillor Francis Timmons has worked with many asylum seekers and wants the system revamped.
He said he accepts we need a direct provision and that the system has improved over years, but testimonies from asylum seekers in Clondalkin alone, where there was a direct provision centre was appalling .
He told us: These are not people who want to come here to take money from the state, they don t come from countries where they have social welfare, they want to work. They want to have the option of contributing to society and they want to be part of society.