Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of contracts awarded in 2022 by her Department or bodies under her aegis outside the standard procurement process in order to assist the arrival of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23202/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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No contracts were awarded outside the standard procurement process either by my Department or by the statutory bodies under its aegis to assist with the arrival of displaced Ukrainians.

The Deputy will be aware that the European Union has put in place a Temporary Protection Directive to allow Ukrainian citizens and others fleeing Ukraine to move through the EU as EU citizens. My Department is assisting in providing income supports to those covered by this Directive. As part of this, my Department utilised existing translation and interpretation contracts to support the provision of services to refugees from Ukraine.