We are witnessing very distressing scenes from the refugee camp in Calais, sometimes referred to as the jungle. It has been home to 6,000 souls, 800 of whom are unaccompanied minors, in other words, children. There is very deep concern for everybody in that refugee camp, but particularly for children, as they are moved from Calais and dispersed to other parts of France. To our very great credit, many Irish people have visited the area and worked directly with the refugees in Calais. To our eternal shame, the State and the Taoiseach's Government have not honoured the spirit or requirements of what we need to do for these refugees. I put it to the Taoiseach that we must act collectively, immediately and in a unified fashion to do what we can to secure the safety of these child refugees especially. I ask the Taoiseach if we can have a debate on the matter in the Dáil. Can he, as Head of Government, commit to acting quickly on this matter? Can he commit that the State can relocate-----

The Deputy is over her time.

-----even 200 of these child refugees so they can find sanctuary and a future here in our State?

I do not accept that the State has not been involved in measuring up to the spirit of what is required here. We are not part of the protocol with regard to the migration. The Government did decide to take 4,000 migrants by relocation and resettlement. There have been difficulties for all countries in this situation, particularly for Italy. The matter is now moving under the direction of Minister of State with responsibility for equality, immigration and integration, Deputy Stanton. His officials were in Greece this week to look at the question of taking 200 unaccompanied children here. The officials will report back to Minister of State, Deputy Stanton on that. If the business committee can make an agreement to arrange a discussion about this serious topic we would be very happy to accommodate the debate as Deputy McDonald has asked.