Patrick Costello
Ceist:4. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Migration, Integration and Ukraine has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18322/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 24 April 2024
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Freagraí scríofa
The Cabinet Committee on Accommodation and Supports for Ukrainian Refugees was originally established in April 2022, to oversee the whole-of-Government humanitarian response to supporting people from Ukraine who had sought temporary protection here following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Cabinet Committee met five times in 2022, on 12 May; 13 June; 25 July; 24 October; and 12 December 2022.
In January 2023, this Cabinet Committee was reconstituted as the Cabinet Committee on the Humanitarian Response to Ukraine to continue to oversee the whole-of-Government humanitarian response to supporting people from Ukraine who have sought temporary protection in Ireland. This Cabinet Committee has met nine times, on 31 January; 23 February; 30 March; 4 May; 8 June; 6 July; 12 October; and 11 December 2023; and most recently, on 25 January 2024.
On 9 April last, the Cabinet Committee on Migration, Integration and Ukraine was established to oversee the development and delivery of whole-of-Government responses to the system of international and temporary protection for those arriving in Ireland from abroad, including international and domestic policy options, accommodation and other supports, integration, community engagement and public communications. The first meeting of this Cabinet Committee is due to take place shortly.