Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, the State is accommodating 54,000 Ukrainians right now. Of those, 46,000 are in hotels and guesthouses. That is more than 700 individual contracts. I recognise that in the latter half of last year a backlog grew in regard to prompt payment. We put in additional resources to address that. We shrunk the backlog. We did not entirely clear it. We will work with the Deputy in regard to the particular provider of whom she spoke.

I take on board the point on communication. It is important. When we are opening new accommodation we try to let Deputies and local authority members know. We are looking to build a unit in my Department that will be designed around that in order that we can do that on a more proactive basis. Obviously, where there are bad faith actors, and there are some bad faith actors in this, sometimes we are responding to rumours that have absolutely no truth whatsoever.

In regard to the house, is that a shared house?

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