Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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670. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34390/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine on February 24, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on meeting the immediate, temporary accommodation needs of those fleeing the conflict.

My Department is focused on the immediate, short-term accommodation needs of those who have fled here. To date, more than 35,000 people have arrived in Ireland and just in excess of 25,000 of those have been referred to this Department seeking accommodation from the State.

The Ukraine crisis has seen a major increase in the amount of accommodation providers contracted by my Department to provide accommodation to beneficiaries of temporary protection.

Over 400 providers are in operation currently. This has led to a substantial increase in payment administration work for the Department. 

With respect to the delay in payment to this particular provider, my Department has worked with the provider to address the issues relating to the payment set up for the accommodation they are providing .

The payment in question has been processed now and is expected to be paid to the provider this week.