Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair and important question. My medium-term plan, or my plan over an even shorter timeframe, is to secure State-owned lands that can provide safe shelter and access to sanitation. I will chair a multiagency meeting on the issue of migration and shelter this evening. I have a view about the tents that I think the Deputy shares. None of us want to see that happen from a humanitarian point of view or from the point of view of the city. I am pleased that, through our actions, approximately 690 additional people who were in tents have been provided with shelter. I believe people were being moved on to alternative accommodation this afternoon, but I will be happy to update the Deputy after my meeting this evening.

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