James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Feeding into what Deputy Carthy has just raised, this is all about the public's confidence in this system, which involves extremely large sums of public money. The idea that the owners of centres that are hosting refugees and operating direct provision services are not required to provide a tax clearance certificate when in some cases they are in receipt of millions of euros of taxpayers' money is utterly unacceptable and needs to be dealt with immediately. That is also an issue for Revenue, in all fairness. I just wanted to say that in response.

I want, in the limited time available, to get a better understanding. When it comes to the projections of where this is going, I have considerable concerns about how it is being handled. What appears to be the case, and tell me if I am wrong, is that hotels and nursing homes across the country will be turned into centres for direct provision if this is not managed properly. Can that be ruled out? Are there projections available in that regard? Has there been communication to the Cabinet subcommittee on that issue?