Gráinne Ní Aodha, PATaoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that a joint proposal would be brought to Cabinet in the coming weeks to change the offering to Ukrainians arriving in Ireland. “We’re not going to turn anyone away,” he said on Tuesday as he opened a new road in Athy, Co Kildare. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Ireland had accepted an ‘unprecedented’ number of people from overseas (Niall Carson/PA)“No Ukrainian who comes to Ireland is going to be told ‘you’re not welcome here’. Nobody coming from other parts of the world seeking international protection is going to be told to go away. Mr Varadkar said that if social welfare payments were to be cut for Ukrainians arriving in Ireland, it would be done by way of a joint memo.

Source: The Herald October 31, 2023 20:04 UTC