"Direct Provision needs to be overhauled now" By Alison O'Reilly Councillor Francis Timmons has worked with many asylum seekers and wants the system revamped. He said he accepts we need a "direct provision" and that the system has improved over years, but testimonies from asylum seekers in Clondalkin alone, where there was a direct provision centre was "appalling". He told us: "These are not people who want to come here to take money from the state, they don't come from countries where they have social welfare, they want to work. "They want to have the option of contributing to society and they want to be part of society.