abstract: 'Immigrant integration is increasingly assessed through integration

  outcomes, which assess the degree of convergence of the experiences of

  immigrants and non-immigrants within a country. Integration processes -

  for example, settlement services in key areas such as employment,

  education and social inclusion - help to enhance integration outcomes.

  In this paper, we use the example of the Republic of Ireland to show

  that the relationship between desired integration outcomes and the

  provision of settlement services needs considerably more attention. We

  present immigrant integration outcomes for specific regions and groups

  of immigrants derived from existing large-scale data sets. We then use

  publicly available data on existing settlement services to assess the

  extent to which settlement services address key areas of immigrant

  integration outcomes. We demonstrate that there are considerable gaps in

  the provision of appropriate settlement services that could support the

  enhancement of key integration outcomes, such as the quality of work,

  language proficiency and housing. If immigrant integration outcomes are

  to be improved, the relationship between outcomes and settlement service

  provision has to be better coordinated and targeted to address the

  structural barriers faced by particular groups of immigrants and by

  immigrants living in particular regions.'
affiliation: 'Gilmartin, M (Corresponding Author), Maynooth Univ, Dept Geog, Maynooth,
  Kildare, Ireland.

  Gilmartin, Mary, Maynooth Univ, Dept Geog, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland.

  Dagg, Jennifer, NUI Galway, Inst Life Course \& Soc, Ctr Disabil Law \& Policy,
  Galway, Ireland.'
author: Gilmartin, Mary and Dagg, Jennifer
author-email: 'mary.gilmartin@mu.ie

  jenny.dagg@nuigalway.ie'
author_list:
- family: Gilmartin
  given: Mary
- family: Dagg
  given: Jennifer
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s12134-021-00862-w
earlyaccessdate: JUL 2021
eissn: 1874-6365
files: []
issn: 1488-3473
journal: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
keywords: 'Immigrant integration; Integration outcomes; Settlement services;

  Ireland'
keywords-plus: MIGRANT INTEGRATION; ASYLUM; ORGANIZATIONS; GOVERNMENT; SECTOR; POLICY
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '61'
orcid-numbers: 'Dagg, Jenny/0000-0003-1774-5896

  Gilmartin, Mary/0000-0001-5587-3384'
pages: 679-699
papis_id: f4c8d4aad6381d5bf7d005402b44b9b2
ref: Gilmartin2022findinggap
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Finding the Gap: Immigrant Integration Outcomes and Settlement Service Provision
  in the Republic of Ireland'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000669770800001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '23'
web-of-science-categories: Demography
year: '2022'