Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First of all, I wish to make the point that, already, very significant supports have been offered by Ireland as a member of the EU in the waiving of visa requirements and through the temporary protection directive, which gives residency to all Ukrainian women fleeing to Ireland with their children and assists them in accessing social protection payments, education, childcare and accommodation. The accommodation piece will be very challenging, as will education, in terms of the provision of interpreting and translation services and matching numbers. Some schools will be in a position to absorb numbers and others will not be in a position to absorb such high numbers. It is going to be very challenging, but we will do everything we possibly can.

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