Children living in direct provision accommodation are being denied “normal family life”

Asylum seekers in Ireland cannot continue to live in the current system of direct provision accommodation, the minister for education has stated.

Speaking at the launch of the Bualadh Bos Children’s Festival in Limerick, Jan O’Sullivan also said children living in direct provision accommodation are being denied “normal family life”.

Ms O’Sullivan said the direct provision system of accommodation is “not a good system” and has supported comments made by the minister for state, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, who criticised the way direct provision centres for asylum seekers are being operated.