Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The DCEDIY Vote Section includes 2 Assistant Principals and 1 Higher Executive Officer. In addition there is one Principal Officer who is responsible for both the DCEDIY Vote Section as well as another Vote Section. These roles are focused on agreeing, monitoring, reporting and sanctioning expenditure in relation to the DCEDIY Vote which includes expenditure on integration. These posts are included in the table below:

It should be noted that there would be expenditure across other Votes which could be interpreted as being related to Integration. For example there is Ukraine related expenditure on the Education Vote and the Social Protection Vote. These are dealt with by separate Vote Sections and associated staff within DPENDR. There may also be other staff members across DPEDNR who may spend some limited parts of their role on integration matters.

Finally, within the DPENDR Vote Group the Minister also has responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW). In 2022 as part of the integration of Ukrainians the OPW was asked by Government to develop a pilot programme of an initial 500 rapid build homes on behalf of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). That number was subsequently increased to 700.

To date, the OPW, as with all construction projects provided on an agency basis for other Government Departments, provides a number of roles to deliver this important programme of work. The team working on the implementation of the Ukraine Rapid Build Homes programme consists of various disciplines within the Office of Public Works including Project Management, Architectural and Technical services, Financial Management and Planning and Property services. This team is also working on other construction projects on behalf of other Government Departments. The following provides a breakdown of the posts: