Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I am in Leinster House. I welcome our guests. I commend the work the Government has done to date in accommodating and welcoming people from Ukraine. I also want to acknowledge the Secretary General and the officials from the Department. First on the accommodation available through local authorities, religious organisations, State bodies and pledged accommodation, in the event that it is difficult to meet the level of need should the higher estimate of people arriving come to pass, what is the strategy to engage and co-ordinate national and local levels and non-governmental sectors? What options are in place should the numbers arriving exceed the accommodation available? I think that we all understand the current model suggests there is an inevitability of moving into an emergency accommodation phase when pledges and other service supplies are exhausted. Will the Minister update us on this?