Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Whether it is a rule or not, I am the person who is making decisions in this area. I do not want to find myself in a situation where I am going around looking for new hotels. Obviously, it is a different situation if a hotel has been used already for accommodating Ukrainians or IPAS accommodation. There may be reasons why we would want to continue that. I have already terminated nine contracts in respect of IPAS accommodation. Let us be frank about it, what has really happened is that at this time last year the State was chasing after sites but now sites are chasing after the State. It has changed. The big driver for this, and this can change rapidly, is the number of people coming in seeking international protection. I have got to try to do something to reduce the numbers coming in as well. I know that people do not like me saying that but the more people who come in, the more I have to go around looking for accommodation, the more of an impact it has and the more undermining it is of the excellent integration work that is being done in this country.

Did the Deputy ask me another question?