Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Obviously, what I am trying to achieve now is to take in all 46,000 people. That requires the logistical capacity to be met to make sure it works properly and that everybody can be accommodated and things go the way they should so that it delivers in the way it needs to. It also requires budgetary adjustment.

I have been engaging across government, particularly with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform but also with other Ministers and party leaders. There is a very strong appetite if we can do it. It would require additional budget as well as making sure we have the logistical capacity.