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

That is a reality. That has happened. We never before had to deal with such numbers coming into the country. We have to deal with it because of a war. It is a vicious war and we have said, along with our European Union colleagues, that we will do everything we can to accommodate Ukrainians, and we have. That must be acknowledged. The Deputy described all of that as a disaster.

She commented that we could not do our own as well. I know what that is targeted at. I know why that phrase was used.

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