Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

I know the Deputy's views on that and the views that were expressed by the community in Drogheda on that particular instance. What I would say is that if we had not procured the D Hotel in Drogheda, we would have found ourselves in a position over recent weeks of not being able to offer accommodation to families coming in, including women and children.