Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I look forward to next year, when I consider the amount of funding we have allocated to the Department that is responsible for dealing with the cost of migration, I do feel that we are adequately funded there at the moment. Again, that all does depend on migration flows into our country and further policy decisions that the Government will make in the future on how we support the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, in his really tough work. Yes, I believe that funding is in place but so much of it depends on what happens with migration flows.

The Government had to make a very difficult decision on Tuesday, when we had to indicate that accommodation may no longer be available to those who come to our country, and that we would make a payment available instead. That is driven by the availability of accommodation rather than a lack of funding. With the information that is available to me at the moment, I believe we will have the funding in place but, again, I cannot give the Deputy a cast-iron commitment in regard to that because it is very difficult to forecast what next year will bring in migration flows.