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

I accept the point the Deputy is making. Obviously, the Russian war in Ukraine created many pressures and caused the largest displacement of people since the Second World War on the European Continent with about 12 million people displaced. That had an impact. There is a programme of change going on with some contracts not being renewed, and also relocation. The Ukrainian population has come down significantly, particularly the number of Ukrainians in State accommodation. I think it has come down to 63,000; I can check that just to be sure. That is ongoing. I will engage with the Minister for children, Roderic O'Gorman, on the points the Deputy has made. The Cabinet sub-committee has said that there cannot be an overconcentration in any one given area. I take the point the Deputy is making.

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