A woman is evacuated with her pets and belongings from Novoselivka Persha, Ukraine last year. Photograph: Nicole Tung/The New York Times
Mr McNamara said it was “not possible to establish actually how much money was spent because there is just one invoice covering everything from various accommodation providers, and they do not differentiate between the cost of accommodating pets and accommodating humans, which, obviously, we are required to do under international law”.
He asked if the Tánaiste was happy with “the oversight of spending in that Department when you were Taoiseach and are you happy with the oversight of spending now?”
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