10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [37565/25]
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Last week, I raised the issue of the GAA Palestine organisation seeking to get visas for children to play hurling in this country. I think most people will recognise the shocking devastation that exists in their home country, and most people with a heart would seek for them to be able to find solace in Ireland in the coming weeks. I was shocked to hear about a group of people from the GAA Palestine organisation having travelled to Dublin to seek a meeting with the Department. They brought all the documents with them but were denied a meeting with any official within the Department, I am told. One would imagine that the instinct of the Government would be to make sure the Minister met this group and be proactive in seeking a solution to this. Can the Taoiseach indicate what happened there and why no Minister sought to proactively fix this situation so we do not have this current stalemate?
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How come there was no meeting with the delegation?
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I am sure they find it perplexing too.
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Why was there a refusal to meet a delegation?
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They could have met officials.
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The Taoiseach would not even meet the delegation.
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You crashed the economy.
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22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [34037/25]
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33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [39165/25]
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According to information we in Aontú have received, 49% of people in emergency accommodation in the State have come from outside Ireland. That is a significant figure and there is no doubt it is putting pressure on the housing sector. Currently, 80,000 people net are coming to Ireland each year. If we include the population growth of the State, that is the equivalent of adding the population of Galway city to the country on an annual basis. Galway has a university, a university hospital, dozens of schools and tens of thousands of houses. The Government is simply not building that infrastructure on an annual basis. I want to be clear that the lack of supply in housing is the Government's fault. It is not the responsibility of newcomers that supply is breaking down. I also want to be clear that we need to provide shelter for those fleeing war and violence. However, should not asylum seekers who are working here contribute to the cost of their accommodation? Is it fair that where two people in the same town are both working and earning the same, they do not both have to contribute to the cost of their accommodation?
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I asked a question in relation to accommodation and the different groups of people in Ireland. Some people are paying for accommodation and others are not.
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It is in terms of asylum seekers. There is a question-----
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So, will there be a change in the approach?
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