Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department of children officials are working on this. They are confident they will be able to accommodate the new arrivals in the designated centres. That is my understanding. It remains to be decided where the centres will be. The Department continually runs data modelling of arrival numbers, which allows it to plan for the arrival centre capacity required. They are doing much work on this at the minute and they are satisfied they will be able to have these centres in place for the new arrivals who will receive the reduced payment whenever this legislation is passed.