Mayo councillor Michael Kilcoyne has said local residents are entitled to have information about Ukrainians being accommodated in their communities and the impact of this.
His comments come after a public meeting was held last night to discuss refugee numbers at a local hotel resort, Breaffy Woods Hotel.
Speaking on RTÉ's Saturday with Katie Hannon, he said information is not being given to the community in Castlebar where close to 700 are being accommodated in the hotel.
He said there were questions being asked from the start about what impact it was going to have, in terms of schools, hospitals and transport.
He said no information was given to the local community and added that no plan has been put in place by the department to give people information about what was happening.
He said he was invited to the meeting last night organised by a local group from Breaffy to discuss the situation.
Cllr Kilcoyne said "reasonable questions" were asked with about 180 people attending the meeting.
When asked if there was an anti-migrant agenda he refuted this, but acknowledged there were comments made by some that he would not support.
He said people are entitled to get information and he is also looking for that.
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Separately, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said responding to the number of Ukrainians arriving in Ireland and providing accommodation has been a "massive task".
Speaking on the same programme, he said it has been a learning process and continues to be one for both the Government and communities.
He accepts information being given to the public is really important and stated they are working "to provide that and improve on that".
"That has been the nature of the challenge," he said.
The minister said Ukrainians have been arriving in "desperate circumstances" and the immediate priority is to provide shelter to them.
He said communities have stepped up very strongly and acknowledged the importance to assess the pressures on schools and other services, and to ensure they operate and "match" the placement of people who need a home with these services.
"It has been a challenge. There is going to be a particular focus on that now." He added that is what the Department of Children is working to achieve.
He said Donegal has responded "really strongly" to accommodating Ukrainians, particularly when compared "proportionately" to other counties.
He said there has been a pause on the provision of accommodation in Donegal in the last number of weeks to assess the challenge with services and plan how to move forward.
"I think the plan has been evolving and necessarily so..... communities have responded very strongly in that spirit."
Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West and party spokesperson for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Eoin Ó Broin said his experience is that people want to be generous and open up their homes and communities but that there is a "palpable sense of un-coordination" between departments.
He described an "incredible lack of coordination" between Roderic O'Gorman's department and the level of cooperation coming from the departments of housing, health and education.
He said that is having an impact on how things are being managed on the ground.
Deputy Ó Broin also said it is reasonable for people to say the Government should engage and tell the local community what is going on.
He said the typical questions are about GP care, transport and education.
