Drogheda will lose 56% of its tourism hotel beds in March. The nature of the Department of integration's arrangement with the D Hotel must be re-examined. As the Taoiseach knows, the town of Drogheda has a long and proud history of social solidarity and tolerance of pluralism, and that continues. For the vast majority of the people of my town, this was only ever about the loss of key hotel beds. Here is the evidence. On Saturday, the far right organised a protest in my hometown, which 300 people attended. The important point is that 41,000 Droghedians did not. The economic impact of this decision is very real, and evidence shows a loss of at least €5.4 million in revenue locally. There needs to be a mitigation package.

As the Taoiseach knows, I proposed last week that a dual use tourism and international approach should come into play. I want to have the Taoiseach's views on that. We know that Ukrainian families are hosted in hotels side by side with tourists and there are no child protection issues.

I thank the Deputy.

The D Hotel should not be any different. Will the Taoiseach accept and work with me and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on the constructive proposal I made for dual use in the D Hotel?

I thank the Deputy.

The Government owes that much to 41,000 Droghedians.

I think Drogheda is a great town. It is a town I have a personal affection for, because when my father came to this country, when he was dragged back to Ireland by his Irish wife, he needed to find a job and found it hard to get one. He found a job in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital working in the paediatric service there. He always speaks fondly of that town and the people who live there. I know it is a welcoming town to migrants. It is a town that has its troubles, but one which we have put a lot of investment into in recent years for new roads, new housing and major improvements at the hospital and IDA Ireland-owned lands purchased to drive job creation. Many good things are happening in Drogheda. Certainly, the situation around criminal activity in gangs has improved considerably as well. I thank gardaí in Drogheda for their work on that. I understand where the people of Drogheda are coming from in their concerns about this. I pay tribute to the three TDs from Drogheda and the councillors in Drogheda borough for the approach they have taken. They are a credit to their town.

The Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, is meeting representatives from the chamber of commerce and the BID today. He is going to meet councillors tomorrow. If at all possible, we want to want to use a dual use option for the D Hotel. It has been done in my constituency and in Dundalk. It can be done. We think that is the best solution. We are not sure that the operator will fully co-operate, and there may be issues around child protection and so on. I am sure those things can be sorted out, and we want to do so. That would be the best outcome for Drogheda.

I heard about the protest. I understand that during the protest, which was a far-right protest, people from the town were asked to come up and speak and they could not find very many.

Correct.

I think that says a lot.