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

We are working closely with Tipperary County Council to resolve the issue in Cashel. As I have said, it is a core principle of our Department that regardless of how much pressure we are under to meet accommodation needs, we are not going to interfere with existing homelessness services. As I said, we are looking to resolve the particular issue in Cashel right now. Ireland, like every other European country and every other western country, is under pressure right now. There are wars across Asia and Africa. There are climate crises generating migration. We must have a system that is ready to respond to that. That is going to take reform of our system with respect to both the accommodation element and the processing element.

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