Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

On the Ukraine front, we have not lost contracts as yet. I referred to the fact that on the international protection front we are losing contracts, which creates a difficulty for us. The Government agreed before Christmas to move to a new form of provider contract for hotels - what we are describing as a bed-only contract. It is a contract under which residents or Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection would pay for their own meals, which changes the contract terms. We have been in contact with a number of hoteliers whose contracts are expiring or are due to expire to offer them the new contract terms. Nobody has refused to sign the new contract as yet, but a considerable number of hotels are reserving their position or have not confirmed their position as yet. There is a clear risk to us of losing contracts but we are not able to put a figure on that at this point in time. A good number of contracts will come up for expiry at the end-of-March period because, as the Deputy might expect, that is one year on and from that point on, 12-month contracts will increasingly be coming to a close.