In the last year, 74,000 people have come to these shores in search of safety and in need of sanctuary. The responsibility for that is being felt by each of us in all of our constituencies and constituents are looking to us for answers, including people who have come here seeking answers on their safety. Too often we are operating on the basis of innuendo and rumour and too often we are firefighting. It is not fair that we continuously have to contact one Minister, who answers our calls when he can, to seek answers to questions. It is time for a cross-party committee like the former Special Committee on Covid-19 Response, with each of us having responsibility to engage with the issue and collaborate because nefarious far-right groups are stepping in to take advantage and generate fear. I want to work collaboratively on this and to show leadership. I understand the pressure on the system so I ask the Taoiseach to set up a cross-party committee where each of us can get involved in this issue and show leadership, both in this House and in our communities. In the absence of that, nefarious far-right groups are stepping in.

Hear, hear.

That is a good idea and I welcome the offer from an Opposition party to work together on this on a collaborative basis because none of us wants to see the rise of racism in our society and none of us wants to see far-right groups or political forces taking hold in our Parliament in the way that has become the norm across the European Union. A lot of work is being done on the new national ant-racism strategy and that should be ready in the near future. On the particular issue of an additional committee, that is something the Business Committee could consider. I know there are a lot of committees already and there is difficulty filling spots on some committees so we would need to take that into account as well.