Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the reply. When the White Paper was announced initially, the theme behind it, according to the website, seemed to be about encouraging integration and supporting independent living. There were various plans to use housing bodies, NGOs, urban renewal schemes, hosting and tenancies. However, there has been practically no implementation of any of those plans apart from for Ukrainians. A sort of two-tier system has developed whereby the hosting and tenancies responses seem to be only for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. There have been unintended or unforeseen consequences with the closure of hotels and guesthouses. We heard yesterday that 37% of hotel beds in Kerry have been given over to either international protection or Ukrainians, with consequential difficulties experienced by business owners in the Kerry area. It seems there are many people making enormous profits out of the situation but they are picking and choosing.

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