Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attempted to play down a reported row between Ministers at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that Ireland’s response to how we accommodate Ukrainian refugees will have to change due to growing pressure on our capacity.
“As a country in the past two years, we've welcomed nearly 100,000 people from Ukraine, maybe 20,000 people in addition to that seeking international protection from other parts of the world,” Mr Varadkar said. “What is becoming increasingly apparent to everyone, if it hasn't been the case for a long time, is that while there is no limit on the compassion of the Irish government to the Irish people, there is a limit on our capacity. We're very much at that at the moment and we just don't know whether we'd be in a position to provide accommodation and all those additional supports for another 30,000 to 50,000 people, if that number arrived over the course of the next year.
“That work is now underway. There's no Government decision or agreement on it. But that work is very much underway at the moment.
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