Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Minister. What is causing a lot of hassle around the country is where section 5 exemptions from planning are used to house international protection applicants or Ukrainian applicants. We believe something needs to be done about this because it is being abused. What determines the location of an IPAS centre? Is it communication with local representatives or communities? Is it done on the basis of the services in the area? Is the Minister moving away from using smaller places? He said that an estimated €1.2 billion is due to be spent on IPAS accommodation this year, although it is possible that this figure will be exceeded and that hundreds of millions more will be spent on accommodation for Ukrainians. A small number of private operators have got very rich. They have earned millions. We feel this is because of the Government's dysfunctional approach. There does not seem to be any transparency, including in respect of what qualifies many of these operators to provide these services. Over the past 18 months, we have seen some cases where the cost of this accommodation has increased by 68%. Does the Minister plan to cap the rate per day for accommodation? What are the Minister's thoughts on this?