Cork City Council · Ordinary Meeting of Cork City Council · 8 December 2025
A vote on a motion supporting the campaign to abolish direct provision, including closing all International Protection Accommodation Services centres and giving residents the right to work. In the interim the council would engage with the authorities on relocating residents to the more spacious centre near the Kinsale Road Roundabout.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
That Cork City Council supports the campaign to abolish direct provision, including the closure of all International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centres and granting residents the right to work so that they can look after themselves and their families and make a contribution, will in the interim engage with the relevant authorities to relocate residents to maximise the more spacious existing centre near the Kinsale Road Roundabout, and will write to the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to request the Government’s full support.
Proposed by A. Deasy; seconded by J. Lynch.
The minutes record: As those voting in favour of the motion were greater than those voting against, An tArdmhéara declared the vote carried, and the motion approved.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Fine Gael | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.