Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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324. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that Ukrainian refugees who are currently being accommodated in hotels around Dublin are able to stay in situ until the end of the academic year to allow their children some sense of stability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 324 together.

The accommodation provided to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine by my department is temporary in its nature.

Given the number of people arriving for which accommodation is being provided, over 23,00 to date it is not possible to develop tailored solutions for individuals or families in this time of acute need.

In almost all circumstances, Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection are moved from hotels only where contracts are coming to an end or where they have been in accommodation reserved for International Protection applicants.  

In some instances, they have been placed temporarily in accommodation reserved for international protection applicants who urgently need this accommodation.  

The State is currently in an emergency response to the ongoing crisis and such moves are necessary to ensure that applicants for international protection and all those fleeing here from Ukraine can be accommodated.

I understand that those who arrived in the State have made connections in the area in which they were placed, however, in seeking to address immediate accommodation needs, safety and security are the paramount considerations.