Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary).
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I suppose I just look at them in those two categories. The accommodated are the ones I am most concerned because of the obligation on our Department. Whichever figure it is, it is substantial. Whichever figure it is, my Department continues to work to bring on more accommodation. It is difficult and tight, which is why we are using tented accommodation. It is important to recall there are 70,000 being accommodated now on the Ukraine side and about 500 are in tented accommodation. The proportion is small. It has to fall part-----