Fr Brendan Kilcoyne, who is a parish priest in Balla, Co Mayo, said immigration was being “badly managed”

DCAR said recent comments from Taoiseach Simon Harris and former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar are little different from those made by the "openly fascist National Party".

The Department of Equality and Integration is looking at floating accommodation for migrants.

Speaking in Japan on Tuesday, Micheál Martin said the Department of Justice had flagged concerns about a surge in international protection applications.