Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 5, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:

“PART 3

BENEFICIARIES OF TEMPORARY PROTECTION

CHAPTER 1

Amendment of Principal Act

Disqualification from certain payments where person is resident in designated accommodation centre

7. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 247C:

“247D. (1) A person who has been given a permission to reside in the State under section 60(6) of the Act of 2015, which permission is valid, shall be disqualified from receiving any assistance specified in section 139(1), other than supplementary welfare allowance, in so far as it relates to the payment of that allowance in accordance with section 201 or 202, for any week or part of a week during which he or she is resident in a designated accommodation centre.

(2) In this section—

‘Act of 2015’ means the International Protection Act 2015;

‘designated accommodation centre’ has the same meaning as it has in section 60 of the Act of 2015.”.”.

This amendment amends the Social Welfare Acts to provide for changes in the support provided to beneficiaries of temporary protections who are resident in designated accommodation centres. The EU temporary protection directive has been extended to March 2025.