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

Undoubtedly, as I said in response to the previous questions, there are challenges here. This is a war-generated crisis and it places a challenge on Ireland and on other countries. As I said, there are a number of clear programmes to provide additional accommodation - modular, refurbishment and the new vacant home scheme - but I am aware of the risk in that regard, particularly in the early part of spring. Those three strands may not accommodate everyone if a significant number of hotels decide to revert to tourism. In that case, we will have to work with local authorities on the standing up of rest centres, which have been hugely beneficial in terms of our response. We will also engage with the third level sector in terms of university accommodation. That was extremely beneficial last year. We will look at all options to make sure we can continue to accommodate all those who we are providing accommodation with at present.

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