The Justice Minister wants to have all residents of Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre moved before the end of the year.
Minister for Justice and Equality Helen McEntee confirmed the news this afternoon.
Today, saw residents at the Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre enter their third day of hunger strike; they are demanding to be moved to more appropriate centres.
The Caherciveen centre has been dogged by controversy since it opened, including an outbreak of COVID-19.
Education Minister and Kerry Fianna Fáil TD Norma Foley and Kerry Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin were told by Justice and Equality Minister Helen McEntee this afternoon that the first families will begin to be moved to other accommodation next week.
Minister McEntee wants to have all residents moved before the end of the year:
Meanwhile, the issue of asylum seeker conditions and the hunger strike by residents of the Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre in Caherciveen is to be raised in the Dáil.
Questions will be posed by Deputies Paul Murphy, Mick Barry, Thomas Pringle and Bríd Smith to the Justice Minister under Topical Issues scheduled for around 11pm.
