The Taoiseach has said it was not "satisfactory" that a number of asylum seekers slept rough this week.
Micheál Martin said that it should be seen the context of the Ukrainian war, and the some 50,000 Ukrainian refugees that had come into the country as a result, and the "marked increase" in people from other countries seeking asylum in Ireland.
"That is creating challenges," Mr Martin said.
"Its never satisfactory when that happens but I think we have to look at the overall picture as well," Mr Martin said.
"We are in a wartime situation, and think what we are seeing is a manifestation that we are in a wartime situation," he said.
Mr Martin said the "migration phenomenon was global, as a result of conflict all over the world (and) climate change increasingly".
The Taoiseach said that there had been an extraordinary response by the Irish people.
Mr Martin said that there was "a lot of pressure... but that's why we have to push ahead with the provision of new buildings, new housing, and we really have to look at the delivery of housing".
The comments comes as the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is to resume offering accommodation to all newly arrived asylum seekers from today.
201 were told there was nowhere for them to stay since late last week, according to figures obtained from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
The Irish Refugee Council said it was aware of 24 international protection applicants who slept rough last night as they unable to access IPAS accommodation.
Today, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council Nick Henderson confirmed that they had all "now been accommodated" at the Citywest Transit Hub in Dublin.
On Wednesday, 30 other homeless international protection applicants being supported by the IRC were also accommodated at the facility.
From today, a department spokesperson confirmed that newly arrived International Protection Applicants would be accommodated at the Citywest facility.
"As of today, IPAS is in a position to resume offering accommodation, however, the situation remains challenging," the spokesperson said.
Mr Henderson called for "quick and radical change is needed to avoid this scenario arising again".
"Ireland has ethical and legal obligations that must be adhered to, even in times of crisis," he said.
The co-founder of MASI, Lucky Khambule said news that people were being accommodated was "welcome" and "is better than people being left on the streets".
Mr Khambule said that he had spoken to some of those who have already moved into Citywest and said "they are grateful that they have a roof".
He said that the people he had spoken to had not yet been assigned a bed and were "on chairs, but they are not complaining" as he said "they have seen the worst of sleeping on the streets".
However, Mr Khambule also said he hoped that nothing like that would happen again.
"We understand the challenges the Department is facing, but we are saying lets become proactive, lets stop things before things become a crisis..." Mr Khambule said.
Yesterday, 100 international protection applicants were accommodated at newly opened facilities at the National Indoor Arena at the Sport Ireland Campus at Abbotstown in Dublin.
A spokesperson from the Department confirmed that these were not new arrivals, but were International Protection Applicants who had been staying at the Citywest facility "for a number of weeks".
It is understood that the Department plans to move up to 50 more people from Citywest to the Abbotstown campus today.
The CityWest Transit hub has 370 beds and 18 showers.
A Department spokesperson confirmed that as of this morning, 735 people were being accommodated there.
145 were Ukrainian Temporary Protection recipients and 590 were International Protection Applicants.
