Over 1,200 asylum seekers will have to leave their hotel accommodation next month

Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O'Gorman is expected to tell colleagues that the estimated numbers expected to arrive here in the coming weeks will result in an accommodation shortage. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Over 1,200 asylum seekers will have to leave hotels by mid-April, leaving the State facing a significant shortfall in accommodation.

Papers submitted for the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine today will state that priority needs to be given to accommodate women and children.