H.E. Ms Larysa Gerasko:

Children who arrived in Ireland have full access to education, so there is no problem with that. We are working on establishing additional Saturday or Sunday Ukrainian schools here. We have two of them, in Cavan and Dublin, but we need more.

The one challenge is accommodation. Of course, members know about that. Unfortunately, our displaced people have to move to other places. For instance, Ukrainians may be in a hotel in a town, city or village for a month and are then moved by the authorities to another place, and then to yet another. It is a little difficult for children if they are going to one school and then have to change to another, and then another. The same applies to adults. Most Ukrainians have found and started work, but, if they have to move, they have to find another job. That is a little bit of a problem.

With regard to the Irish Red Cross, I had a meeting with its secretary general. He told me most of the donations will be spent here for displaced Ukrainian people and that there is a fund, or something like that, that will be transferred to Ukraine for rebuilding the country after the war. We are in contact, but, since the Red Cross is an independent organisation, the embassy does not control its activity.