Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

One of the issues that makes the provision of long-term accommodation under the temporary protection directive more challenging is the fact we do not really have clear sight of what is going to happen beyond March 2025 when the directive falls out of force. Looking at some of the long-term solutions, my local authority has been looking at projects that would not deliver within 12 months. They would be well worth bringing back into use, but the officials there are wondering whether it is worth their while if we have a 12-month or 18-month lead-in, which would not be unusual with difficult properties. Has the Department any kind of line of sight from a European level? It certainly does not look like the war in Ukraine is coming to an end any time soon. Is it legally permissible to extend that temporary protection directive? Can we give a clear line of sight to people, basically, on where we are going here?