Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have never given that impression but Sinn Féin has. Many Deputies opposite want to convey that impression. The fact of the matter, as I said earlier in reply to Deputy Bacik, is there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of asylum seekers coming to the country. On the Ukrainian side, approximately 106,000 came in and this has reduced over time. I think it is down to 83,000. There has been a continued increase in the number of those seeking asylum in the country and there has been a decrease in number of Ukrainians still in our country and still in the system but it is still at very high levels.

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