This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Aontu TD for Meath-East, Peadar Toibin, who highlighted the fact that he budget for providing accommodation for asylum-seekers this year will reach €1.2bn.

The figure will be about €100 a day per individual, according to new figures provided in the Dáil by Deputy Tóibín.

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The voluntary committee which has organised and run the Dundalk St Patrick’s Day parade for the last eight years has announced that it is standing down.

The decision was made earlier this year but the committee had waited until all outstanding invoices were paid and the accounts had been properly completed.

This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Sinn Fein TD for Louth, Ruairi O'Murchú, who was also a member of the Dundalk St Patrick's Day Parade Committee.

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This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Social Affairs Correspondent at the Irish Times, Kitty Holland, who spoke to us about the inquest into the death of Daniel McAnaspie and the verdict of unlawful killing being returned in Trim Court yesterday.

We also spoke to Daniel's aunt, Sabrina, who gave us her thoughts on the inquest and the verdict.

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The ability of companies to make applications for exempted development for properties they don't own has raised concern in light of recent exemptions sought for IPAS centres in the county.

Following news last week that a company called Erin Park Ltd had made an exempted development application to transform the unit in the Oak Tree Business Park into a facility for international protection applicants, the owners of the unit said they would not be selling it to any entity that wishes to use the property as an IPAS centre.

Sinn Fein TD for Meath-West, Johnny Guirke, raised serious concerns regarding the application being made despite the applicant not owning the property, and he spoke to us on The Agenda this morning about this.

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This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Labour’s workers’ rights Spokesperson Senator Nessa Cosgrove about her calls for the Government to give every worker a legal right to flexible and remote work, following comments from a prominent business figure who dismissed working from home as “a load of nonsense”.

Senator Cosgrove says it is time for the Government to step into the modern world of work and support workers with real rights, not outdated opinions.

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This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Stephen Burke from Uisce Eireann about Dundalk facing another summer of Water discoloration as Uisce Eireann begins the flushing programme.

Stephen told us about what areas will be affected by this and about how long they can expect this to affect them.

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