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The Minister for Social Protection has said a memo will be brought to Cabinet on Tuesday in relation to the entitlements of international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.

Heather Humphreys said her department is working with the Department of Justice and the Department of Integration on a review and that the Attorney General is also being consulted.

"We are also consulting with the Attorney General to see what legal obligations we have to meet," she said.

The minister said: "I think what's very important here, is we have to meet our legal and international obligations.

"We want to make sure we're meeting those, and that that's the ceiling and we're not paying over and above what we are legally entitled to do.

"I'm very clear if there's a ceiling there that we don't go above that ceiling, that we remain under it and we do meet and support the people we need to support."