Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of delivering each temporary modular unit; the number of temporary modular units being delivered and the total cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11180/23]

Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of the provision of a modular unit for Ukrainian people, including the cost of construction, installation and complete finish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11588/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 471 and 482 together.

As the Deputy will be aware since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, 60151 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection have sought refuge in Ireland and are being provided with accommodation from the State.

In response to the crisis, the Government has sought to provide a range of accommodation solutions. As part of this considerable national effort, the Government has approved the construction of 700 rapid build homes on state owned land, which will aim to provide accommodation to 2800 individuals in family units.

The OPW is leading on the design, development and delivery of the programme. My Department is the Approving Authority for the Programme and has responsibility for the ownership of the homes and their future use.

The average cost of each of the rapid build homes is €145,000. This includes construction, transport and installation of the units.

Information on the full cost of the programme is currently subject to site enabling costs. Identification of sites to house the full 700 units is currently ongoing.

Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on a proposal to use a property (details supplied) to provide emergency accommodation for persons seeking emergency protection; the number of persons planned to be located at this property; the gender and age breakdown of the persons that are to be located at this property; when it is expected that they will be located at the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11181/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since February 2022, the Department Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has worked to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge from the invasion of Ukraine, coming to over 75,000 people, of which over 55,000 have sought accommodation.

Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, the Department has contracted in excess of 43,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 720 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial self-catering accommodation and certain other repurposed settings.

I am advised by my officials that an offer in respect of the property referred to has not been formally submitted.