Mr. Tom Parlon:

The Irish Red Cross has contacted me to discuss the potential of some big empty buildings. I am familiar with Baggot Street and I have lived in that area. I am told that Baggot Street hospital has hundreds of rooms. It is right in the city centre. I know of a particular builder who is familiar with it and who offered to prepare it for occupation pro bono. It is just one example that we know of.

The Government has put the OPW in charge of modular housing. The industry can produce over 100 units per week without interfering with other things. In order to build an extra 10,000 houses for Ukrainian refugees, people would need to be pulled off sites for our national housing. It is a combination of everything.