This Minister in his reply referred to the decision to take in 100 refugees here. He also made some reference to a monetary contribution. Can he indicate the extent of that monetary contribution?

No. The Minister for Defence, in relation to the same type of question but in a different context gave a very comprehensive reply.

About ten days ago there was a statement in the papers which seemed to indicate that the Minister for Foreign Affairs was in favour of increasing the number of refugees from 100 to 500. In what circumstances did that figure get into print. What was the situation in regard to increasing the number of refugees?

This is a repetition of the questions we had on Question No. 1.

The Minister for Defence was not able to deal with it.

I have not a clue how figures get into the newspapers. There may be somebody trying to stir the matter up.