Colm Brophy

And most importantly, we'll still be providing the 30 days for Ukrainians arriving into the country.

But believe it or not, 22% only availed of that even 30 days when they arrived in the last month.

So we're seeing quite clearly Ukrainians are a very resilient people.

They want to come here.

And when they want to come here and they're choosing to come to Ireland, by the way, in very large numbers compared to other European countries, they want to actually participate and be involved.

So what we're going to do is we're going to put in place a series of measures.

The three months will commence from August.

What we're going to do is we're going to work to make sure that we have a programme in place.

But most importantly, what we want to see is Ukrainians moving out of what is a very expensive thing for the state to provide, which is the actual commercial providers, to be able to move into accommodation

Yes, absolutely.

I think this government has the strength and will survive the full term.

I think we've made it very clear, and I think the Tánaiste has been particularly clear on this, that we will have a programme of budgets and we will...

and make sure, and we're very clear as well on making sure that we're listening to people and implementing what we believe are the right steps.

And just to put one thing on record, and I think this is important, what Fianna Gaelan government has done for many, many years has actually ensured that the country is in a position to weather shocks like this and to actually be able to put in programmes, which between the two programmes...

is literally three quarters of a billion to enable us to actually hear when people are talking to us about what they want us to do and how we need to react to that.

That doesn't happen by accident.

That happens by prude, solid financial management.

People like Pascal Donoghue, people like Simon Harris, making sure that the country has the resources to do it.

It happens through a combination of things that we've done over the years, which have ensured that we have almost full employment in our country, that we have a strong, vibrant economy, and we have many, many businesses contributing and employing people.

And actually, me as a public representative, I'm very conscious of that because I believe...