Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. He is talking about a huge number of people who have taken up stays in hotels because of the crisis that we are in. These are legitimate people. There are people coming into this country who are undocumented who, as far as I am concerned, should not be in this country. No one should be in this country unless he or she is fully documented. If I was leaving this country to go to another country, that is the way it would be for me, and in most cases it is. In this situation, unfortunately, there are tens of thousands of people who are undocumented here. The Government is starting to tighten up on it now but the horse has bolted.

If contracts with the hotels end, they probably will not end with them all. I still do not see from the Minister's answers what exactly will be in place for these people if the hotels pull the contracts. As I said earlier, the tourism season is looming. Modular homes are not there. We are talking in a vacuum about homes that are not there at present and it is quite possible these contracts could end in the next few weeks.

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