'We're not in a position to deal with that' - Senator Michael McDowell criticises 'ill-thought-out proposal' of climate asylum seekers.
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"There's an element of that, but at the very least, if you're going to have a debate, you don't do what Roderic O'Gorman does. "A lot of the hotel accommodation that it has secured for the current bulge in asylum seeking numbers is about to be required for tourist purposes from Easter onwards.
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