Falling Through The Gaps: Administrative Barriers to Housing and Social Welfare for Refugee Families report examines the barriers faced by refugee families in accessing housing and social welfare in Ireland. Although Section 53 of the International Protection Act 2015 (2015 Act) guarantees equal access to social welfare and housing supports for beneficiaries of international protection (more commonly known as refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection), Nasc’s frontline experience demonstrates that the legal entitlement often fails in practice. The report combines national and European literature with anonymised casework evidence to highlight where policy and implementation diverge, and to identify reforms needed to close this gap.
Read the full report at FallingThroughTheGaps_2025.pdf