Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023
883. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection accommodated in County Donegal, broken down by townlands and from where they have come; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27504/23]
View answerI can inform the Deputy, as of 4 June 2023, 84,202 beneficiaries have been granted temporary protection in Ireland.
Temporary Protection in Ireland applies to the following groups of people who have had to flee Ukraine due to the invasion by Russia:
1. Ukrainian nationals who were residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022;
2. Nationals of a third country (other than Ukraine) or a stateless person who would have benefited from international protection (for example: Refugee status) or an equivalent national protection status in Ukraine and were residing there before 24 February 2022;
3. Family members of persons covered by a) and b), where their family already existed in Ukraine, prior to 24 February.
Family members include a spouse or partner, unmarried minor children of either of them, and their other close dependent family relatives who have been living with them as part of the family unit before 24 February 2022.
My Department does not hold the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the breakdown of the regions of Ukraine that those arriving to claim Temporary Protection have travelled from.
I can also advise the Deputy that queries in relation to location of accommodation for temporary protection applicants are appropriate to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
