Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 December 2023
198. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered broadening the Ukrainian housing assistance scheme (800 per month) to cover people on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55836/23]
View answerI take it that the assistance scheme to which the Deputy refers is the Accommodation Recognition Payment scheme that was established in 2022 under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022. It initially provided for a monthly recognition payment of €400 for hosting a Ukrainian beneficiary of temporary protection (BOTP). The rate was increased to €800 per month with effect from 1 December 2022.
I wish to confirm to the Deputy that there is no proposal to amend the Accommodation Recognition Payment Scheme for the purpose described.
I can inform the Deputy that i intend to extend the termination date of the scheme to reflect the extension of the Temporary Protection Directive to March 2025.
