John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Not only is the Minister failing communities, he is also failing those who are coming to these shores seeking protection by providing non-human right-compliant accommodation, something he gave a commitment to end. I appreciate without a doubt that there have been challenges. However, when the war in Ukraine broke out, the Minister and his Government colleagues were saying we should expect up to 200,000 Ukrainians to come to this State. That has not materialised. Where was the plan to accommodate 200,000? The Government does not even have a plan to accommodate 100,000. Time and time again, it has failed. It has failed communities and those who are seeking our protection. The failure is in not having a fair, efficient and enforced system in place. Again and again, we are told we will have a plan but it will come in a couple of weeks and will be presented to Cabinet. Here we are in March. The Minister gave a commitment to this House back in November that a plan would be produced and handed over the Cabinet within weeks, there is no sight as to what the Government's plan is to address the war profiteering in the first instance, where these speculators are making millions on the back of this, and more importantly, to put in place human right-compliant accommodation for those who need it.

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