John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for that. Unfortunately, however, there is no clarity. Assurances were given as far back as November that an updated or revised memo on the White Paper would be produced and given to Cabinet within weeks of that.

We are now in March and the Minister is failing to address the elephant in the room that is the war profiteering by many speculators right across the State. Only this week, we have seen one particular individual and his family in Monaghan making €130 million from the provision of accommodation to the State. The Minister has failed dismally. The Government has failed in the basics that need to be provided to people coming to these shores under a fair, efficient and enforced system. We see the failures. The Minister alluded to the fact that only this week more than 1,000 vulnerable asylum seekers sleeping on the streets of the capital. At the same time, we see profiteers making millions and all along there is no plan. That lack of plan is the central failure by Government time and time again. We see that even with a revised White Paper and still no end in sight as to what plan the Government has to work off.

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