O'Gorman: Hotels will have to be 'medium term solution' for Ukrainian families

The Children's Minister also said a promise to provide modular homes made by Government will be broken

 Mr O’Gorman told RTÉ’s Primetime that just 10 of 500 State buildings due to be repurposed to house refugees are now in operation. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Using hotels to house Ukrainian families will now have to be a “medium-term” solution as part of Ireland’s response, Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman has admitted.

Mr O’Gorman said the country has taken in roughly 1% of its population in a matter of months, and the reality is that placing families in hotels will be the solution for a considerable time yet.