Direct provision should end by 2023, says new government report

Under the system recommended in the new report, there would be a three stage process and people would stay in state-owned accommodation centres for no more than three months. File Picture of a room in the Glenvera Hotel Direct Provision centre in Cork City centre.

An advisory group's report on how Ireland processes asylum seeking applications is to recommend the complete abolition of the current direct provision system.

The report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support, including Accommodation, to Persons in the International Protection Process, is to be published later today.