Mr. Michael Kirrane:

I can only answer in relation to my knowledge of it. What I can say is that at EU level there are significant discussions on providing EU support to Greece and Italy on the ground to establish hotspots and to ensure that there are sufficient resources in place to support the front-line countries which are getting the bulk of numbers and having difficulty in coping. At the last meeting of the JHA in Brussels, there was a discussion on providing additional funds at EU level for Greece and Italy specifically to deal with the influx and provide assistance to these countries. Hotspots are important in terms of how quickly they will be established because that will immediately enable people to be dispersed and relocated through various other countries and the process will kick in fairly quickly.