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

I have no doubt he could. I do not need him to; I will be able to get them myself. I thank him for the offer. We will examine the point he has made.

On the wider point, the Deputy is absolutely right; there is real pressure with providing accommodation for people arriving here, including many highly vulnerable people seeking international protection here. We also want to support those whose cases have been decided to move on through the process. We have put in place important steps to streamline that process to provide additional supports because it is right that when persons have received status, they are in the same position as someone who is already resident here. They have the same rights and they face the same challenges with securing housing or other accommodation.

The Department is making every effort to ensure where we have accommodation secured in centres throughout the country that we get the best benefit from those centres. We spoke yesterday about ensuring that we got the maximum occupancy in our centres. I spoke again to my officials about that today. They assured me we are going to the extent of moving people individually within hotels, for example, moving a family of four out of a five-bed room and into a four-bed room, things as basic as that, to ensure we get the maximum occupancy because we are under so much pressure right now.

I will endeavour to get that more granular breakdown if that is something we can ascertain.

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