Niall Collins
Question:424. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when overdue payments (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2751/23]
View answerTuesday, 24 January 2023
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My Department has engaged over 700 properties to provide accommodation for Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. In line with my Department’s commitment to substantially clear the backlog at the end of 2022, I temporarily re-assigned staff from other areas of the Department to the payments team in December, doubling the size of the payments unit. The enlarged team approved more than 100 million euros worth of payments. My Department is prioritising maintaining a practice of more timely payments, including providing more resources to address any issues. We regret any delays in making payments and are according this issue very high priority.
With regard to the two invoices in the details supplied, both are in hand for payment and are expected to issue in the coming week, once they have passed final checks.