Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the invitation and I will certainly do my best to take it up. The Deputy has raised the issues in respect of ensuring that where we welcome Ukrainians, or indeed people from any crisis, that there is capacity here. Our response to Ukraine has been an emergency one and is a response to a war that none of us anticipated. My Department has not always got it right in the co-ordination area but we have done our best and we will continue to do so and this is recognised by the Ukrainian authorities.

It is putting real pressure on the system as has both this development and the increase in the arrivals of international protection applicants. We discussed this question earlier. There will be delays with the implementation of the White Paper because of that. We are looking at the timetable at the moment and we hope to be able to provide an update in the next number of weeks as to the accommodation element. The integration elements will continue to be rolled out and will be beneficial for Ukrainians now and subsequently for international protection applicants.

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