Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the figure I gave of 76% of all Ukrainian refugees being accommodated in tourism facilities, that figure was supplied by the by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, ITIC. On the overall point, does the Minister believe it is right when March comes around and when the hotel beds and accommodation will be needed that we will have a situation where we could have more people and more than likely will have more people homeless? The Minister is talking about helping people but he is not helping them if they are going to end up with nowhere come March. That is not helping people. It is all well and good and the Minister can give the political rhetoric and the message - I am all for helping by the way - but we are being overrun. The figure is expected to rise to 70,000 refugees by winter time. Where are they all going to go? We are all compassionate people here but we need to get real and there needs to be a sense of proportion and a reasonable response that does not create a crisis and there is a crisis in the making here.

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