Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a hotel (details supplied) will be paid for providing accommodation during the past eight months and which is only being paid for one of those months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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My Department has engaged over 700 properties to provide accommodation for Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. In line with the Department’s commitment to substantially clear the backlog at the end of 2022, I temporarily re-assigned staff from other parts of the Department in December, doubling the size of the payments unit. The enlarged team approved more than 100 million euros worth of payments.

My Department is prioritising maintaining a practice of more timely payments, including providing more resources to address any issues. Any delays in making payments are deeply regretted and the Department is according this issue very high priority.

I am advised by my officials that this Supplier has received four payments to date – the last one being on 19^thof January, 2023 (Invoice 8172).

The outstanding invoices for the company mentioned in the Details Supplied are currently being prioritised for payment. A definite date cannot be supplied as yet, as a number of checks are underway, including queries on a number of these invoices submitted by one of the parties.

The outstanding Invoices being prioritised are numbers 8117, 8171, 8187 and 8208.

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants currently accommodated in a facility (details supplied); of this number, the number of children under the age of eighteen years; the average length of stay of those children under the age of eighteen years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9614/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Deputy, the number of people currently accommodated in Citywest convention centre is 730. There are currently no children under the age of eighteen years accommodated in the Citywest convention centre.

The total number of children currently in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation stands at 4,139 as of 19 February 2023.