Taoiseach announced that work on €3m rollout of road safety and education campaigns will begin immediately.

It is estimated that up to 100,000 borrowers have had mortgages sold to vulture funds, with credit servicing firms acting on behalf of the funds.

Deputy Carthy commended the work of local authority crews and communities who worked together to clear roads and support those most vulnerable during both storm's this week.

This year around 13,000 international protection applicants came to Ireland, while a similar number arrived last year.

Deputy Tully has called on Government to urgently bring forward a supplementary budget.

The Fianna Fáil politician also criticised what he termed "lazy policing" for suggesting that the government "could suddenly find a pile of money for extra speed vans".

The warning comes as the Citizens' Assembly meet for the final time this weekend to examine a number of issues, before making recommendations which will go to Government