Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party) | Oireachtas source

Will the Tánaiste confirm whether the reported payments to Ukrainian refugees for vehicle repairs, including sums ranging from €400 to €7,000, are being sourced from the exceptional needs payments of the Department of Social Welfare or is this coming from the humanitarian funding, similar to the humanitarian funding of €1 million per month for cats and dogs from Ukraine that previous Governments found?

Does the Tánaiste believe that this expenditure is good value for money, especially in light of challenges to Irish citizens? Will he clarify whether those payments are also available to IPAS refugees? We know that 800,000 Irish citizens have left these shores since 2008 to live in countries such as Australia and Canada. I am not aware of any other government in the world that is repairing people's cars, putting new tyres on them and putting engines in their cars. Can we have some clarification on this?

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