On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights artwork

"We will be rolling up some emergency rest centers for Ukrainian refugees from next week"

On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights

English - August 28, 2022 12:10 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB
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"Over the course of the next week, we will be working with local authorities in rolling up emergency rest centers. That would be a community hall or scout centers that have beds and showers. The basics is there what we have to offer, but it is a humanitarian crisis, that Ireland never had to face" - says Roderic O'Gorman, minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth in Ireland, also responsible for accommodation roll out of Ukrainian refugees arriving to Ireland.

He joins Gavan to discuss the issue of childcare in the upcoming budget.