Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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124. To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for properties under the control of his Department or under the control of agencies under the remit of his Department for the purposes of providing accommodation to international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if he has identified potential properties and their locations. [8033/23]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Department is in regular contact with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as part of its role in co-ordinating the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine to ensure a joined-up approach to accommodation and services. All accommodation used by my Department and by the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only body under the aegis of my Department, is provided and managed by the Office of Public Works. All this accommodation is currently in use with nothing additional available for alternative purposes, so the Department did not receive a letter from the Minister on this matter.