Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I too want to raise the issue of the accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. The response the Minister has just given there is probably the same response that would have been given five months ago when this crisis started. I know that no Government could been prepared for what happened. We are, however, five months down the road and all of the kite-flying on such things as modular homes, incentives for holiday homes and vacant State properties have not eventuated.

People, in fact, who have offered own-door accommodation five months ago still have that accommodation sitting empty. That is unacceptable. Why are refugees fleeing the war sleeping on floors when there is free accommodation waiting and ready for them?

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