Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022
502. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of hotels that are being used in their entirety to house Ukrainian refugees; the number of refugees in each hotel; the details of those contracts; the timeframes, the cost per person seeking refuge and any other relevant details in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25943/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra503. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of accommodation, excluding hotels, that are currently being used to house Ukrainian refugees; the number of persons seeking refuge who are staying in each facility and the length of time they are currently contracted to stay by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25944/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 502 and 503 together.
Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine on February 24, and the invoking of the Temporary Protection Directive shortly thereafter, my Department has been working intensively as part of the cross-Government response to the Ukraine crisis.
My Department is focused on providing short term accommodation to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. Some 22,000 people have sought accommodation in Ireland to date.
As of 18 May 2022, my Department has contractual arrangements in place for approximately 17,800 beds currently in hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, hostels, self-catering accommodation and certain other repurposed settings with additional capacity also being pursued through accommodation pledged by the general public, state-owned or private properties which may be suitable for short-term accommodation, accommodation belonging to voluntary bodies, religious order properties and Local Authority facilities.
I set out below a link to a schedule of providers as of 23 May 2022 currently providing accommodation on behalf of the Department, excluding certain providers procured directly by Local Authorities and certain accommodation utilised for very short term stays. This includes providers that have made their accommodation available in its entirety or otherwise. Suppliers are not formally obliged to disclose whether the accommodation supply provided represents the whole of the property’s capacity or just some portion of it. However, my officials have indicated where a hotel in question is, to their knowledge, used in its entirety for the accommodation of Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection.
The schedule may be sorted by accommodation type.
My Department is not in position to disclose commercially sensitive information such as accommodation rates, durations and capacities of individual contractors.
I trust this information will satisfy the Deputy.
