The State expects to accommodate around 55,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine by the end of next month, the Minister for Integration has said, up from the current number of 46,000
"Projections are that by the end of the year approximately 72,000 people will have sought the temporary protection status in Ireland," Roderic O'Gorman told the Joint Committee on Children.
Mr O'Gorman made his comments as some communities voiced their concerns about a lack of consultation about the housing of refugees and asylum seekers in their areas. Independent Senator Lynn Ruane said that leafleting does not do enough and that was a need to empower"communities to be part of the humanitarian response".
Earlier today, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Minister O'Gorman is"engaging with local representatives" in East Wall and will provide more information directly to those communities. Separately, a group of Co Kildare residents complaining over a lack of information surrounding plans to accommodate Ukrainian refugees at a former equestrian centre will meet Mr O'Gorman this evening.
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