Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
465. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1077 of 19 January 2022, the number of persons accommodated in approved housing body, turnkey and other categories of accommodation through the €12.5 million capital allocation under the international protection spending heading within the Revised Estimates 2022. [3511/22]
View answerWork on the implementation of the new model of accommodation envisaged by the White Paper to End Direct Provision is underway. Under that plan, income support payments and integration supports are intended to be in place before International Protection applicants will move to the new system. Good progress is being made on these fronts, along with development in parallel of new accommodation through acquisitions. The size and types of properties being acquired will determine the number of applicants who can be accommodated using the €12.5m allocation. That information will be made available over the coming year as more and more properties are acquired.
