It is not something that is possible to do accurately.

We have seen an increasing number of families presenting for emergency accommodation who are not citizens of the State.

There are all sorts of different people with all sorts of different stories. There is no way to accurately model that. There is also no way to accurately model the number of notices of termination that will result in eviction orders, for example.

We are trying to do that all the time but to accurately project it is very difficult for anyone to do. I am not aware of any instructions given to the Garda in regard to this.

To help the Deputy, I do not know the answer to that question but will check and return to him.

I would need another ten minutes to answer that one. The Deputy asked about several criteria-----

-----concerning two different schemes.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 22, inclusive, together. The Department's 2022 resource-efficiency action plan sets out a range of actions to improve the management of energy, water, material and waste resources within the Department and to increase sustainability awareness among staff. It also includes measures on levels of energy and water usage and waste produced by the Department so improvements can be tracked and measured following the implementation of planned actions. The implementation of the actions…

I thank the Deputies. On the question on protecting multinationals, the Government works with multinationals. We encourage them to invest here. There are 300,000 people in the State who work for multinationals, including in my constituency and that of the Deputy. Owing to the number employed and the contracts the multinationals issue, there are probably another 200,000 or 300,000 people indirectly employed by them. They also pay billions of euro in corporate tax. While they might not be angels, I guarantee the Depu…

I believe my Department has green procurement policies. I am not 100% sure, but I am not 100% sure for a very good reason, that is, the fact that I have no role in procurement. That is a matter for the Secretary General. I have no role whatsoever in awarding any contracts to any companies on behalf of my Department. I was asked about vehicles. The Department does not have any vehicles, or at least none that I am aware of. An EV charger has been in place in Government Buildings for quite some time. We have two cover…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 23 to 27, inclusive, together. I hosted the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, for a working lunch in Government Buildings on Thursday, 2 March. Ireland is currently marking 50 years of EU membership and Spain is advancing preparations for its Presidency of the EU Council in the second half of the year. Both our countries have been transformed by our membership of the European Union. Shared EU membership has also enabled us to strengthen our bilateral ties so that …

It is a fair question. He will not agree with the answer but I will give him one: there are differences. Ukraine, for a start, is a European country. It is an EU candidate country. It is an established recognised independent state, recognised by Ireland. It is a democratic state. It is one that upholds the human rights of its citizens. Also, Russia's expansion and imperialism does not just threaten Ukraine. It threatens Moldova and the Baltic states. President Putin has been very clear that he laments the fall of t…

The difference is that they were looked after. They were not forced to remain refugees for generations which sadly is what has happened to Palestinians in many other parts of the region. So there are parallels but there are also huge differences and I have just touched on a few. Deputy Haughey raised Melilla and Ceuta and migration. The recent tragic events in the Mediterranean highlight once again the need to deal with migration in a comprehensive and holistic way and to make sure we have agreements with countries…

It was discussed. The view from President Sánchez was that we should reform the entire EU energy market and the way it works. There are different views on that. We would regard the Iberian exception as exactly that. One of the issues that has arisen as a consequence of the price cap, and this was accepted and discussed at the meeting, is a big increase in the use of gas by Spain and Portugal and a big increase in imports of gas there which has costs and climate consequences.

I would be interested if the Deputy knows how many new tenancies were created in Ireland last year.

Fifty thousand new tenancies were created last year.

That means 50,000 people found a new place to live.

It is possible that in some cases those properties were rented out before but the fact is-----

Maybe even in most cases-----

-----but 50,000 new tenancies created last year means that 50,000 people found a new place to live. It might have been a new property to rent. It might have been that they were renting it for the first time. That is the answer to the Deputy's question as to where people will go - new tenancies. Fifty thousand individuals and families found a new place to rent last year. That will be the same this year. In some cases it will be social housing tenancies,