James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

That is to see us through the remainder of 2025.

I agree with the Deputy that the system was very generous at the outset, when the first wave of people began to arrive from the war. As that situation has continued it was important to move to a more sustainable model, one that is fairer to everybody and which introduced things like a means test, which was not there previously. That allows for a fairer, more sustainable, better value for money system for the Irish State, as well as continuing to provide a level of support to people, many of whom have now been here for some time and have become part of the fabric of our communities.

In regard to the ARP, I am afraid that is outside of my remit so I cannot comment on that.