Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Under the funding for people who provide accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, it has been brought to my attention in recent days that, early on, when the Government was looking for accommodation places, it was spending money fairly freely - I am referring to Athlone specifically but there are other places in my constituency - but it is like a broken-down subbie at the moment. I know of two crowds that were supplying food that are owed €2 million. This has been going on since October or November. That is disgraceful. If the Government is looking for accommodation and for people to supply accommodation, that is not in good taste. The cause of many people exiting at the moment is that the Government is not sending the payments forward. If I send these cases to the Tánaiste, will he get them dealt with straightaway?

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