Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2022
673. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 8 March 2022, the position regarding the request for tender issued by his Department in January 2022 to procure additional accommodation; if the tender will ultimately result in the State owning phase one accommodation as per the white paper recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14413/22]
View answerAs you are aware, Deputy, the Department published a request for tender (RFT) to procure additional International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) accommodation on 18 January 2021. However, this tender does not relate to the contracting of state owned phase one accommodation.
This tender process is a key plank in the Department's strategy to end reliance on emergency accommodation and will assist in alleviating the accommodation pressures currently being experienced.
The compliance evaluation process has been temporarily suspended to redeploy officials to acquiring accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. They will resume the evaluation process as soon as possible.
