Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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We are all hoping that there will be a ceasefire quickly but it does not look like it, unfortunately. The experts say that. Unfortunately, it looks like it will grind on for months and possibly years, unfortunately. It is awful that people have to flee this. You are looking at 32,000 in international protection accommodation services, IPAS, and 70,000 in 2023. That is the best guesstimate that the Department can make. I know that none of us has a crystal ball. There is €1 billion budgeted for this year to cover both programmes. It is fair to say that if you have 170,000 people in total, that figure will have to be pulled up by about €300 or €400 million. You are probably looking at €1.3 or €1.4 billion.