Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps we can all look back at the time since 2008 with regard to exceptional circumstances that might arise, which the Minister has mentioned several times, particularly in terms of an influx of migrants and the associated financial difficulties in which a State might find itself, as we did after 2008. Is the Minister confident the solidarity pool will work effectively, particularly in instances where a lot of Europe, particularly the peripheral states as we experienced previously, go through something like this? What would be the knock-on effect for the pact? Has this been taken into consideration?