The Government has already estimated that up to 100,000 people, mostly women and children, will arrive here in the coming weeks and months.

Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to give an update on the Government's plan to accommodate the needs of the refugees.. 

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