Written answers
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
International Protection
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of accommodation recognition payments being provided in 2023 and to date in 2024; the type of accommodation provided that is single room in a house/ full house and so on; the amount of rental properties being provided to Ukrainians under this scheme; and the amount of Ukrainians who have transferred from State provided accommodation to the ARP payment to date in 2024. [18361/24]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) was introduced in July 2022 to recognise the generosity of people who have opened their homes to provide accommodation to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. The ARP is paid at the rate of €800 per month per property with a unique Eircode (vacant or shared). The scheme is provided for under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and is administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department.
I am informed by the Department of Social Protection that:
- as of 17 December 2023, 12,201 hosts were awarded an ARP claim with 9,794 in payment on that date.
- as of 14 April 2024, 14,547 hosts were awarded an ARP claim with 12,063 in payment on that date.
The statistical information that the Deputy has requested is not available. Details of the accommodation type (vacant or shared) and previous residence of the beneficiary are not collected as part of the scheme’s application process.
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