Ms Oonagh Buckley:

We are very conscious of the fact this is a very long-term situation. It is a marathon and not a sprint. We are starting to plan at this point for how we can ensure that we can maintain the lower level of density in our centres that we have achieved at this point. We are starting to plan the use of self-isolation facilities, how we use them and what we need to retain in that space.

That is particularly challenging because several of the hotels we are using have indicated they will return to commercial business when the economy reopens. Hotels will not be as readily available and, as such, we must plan very carefully around how we might do that. That is a specific issue within the broader challenge of trying to improve the quality of the accommodation we provide on a general basis. We are working very hard at so doing. We await the recommendations of the group headed by Catherine Day which are likely to come through in September and should set us on a track in respect of where we go more generally in providing appropriate accommodation options for people who come to Ireland and apply for international protection.