Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown of these payments, by county; to provide a breakdown of those payments, by accommodation, where the recipient is living in the property and where the property is exclusively occupied by recipients of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/24]

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 payment rate under this scheme is €800 per month per property with a unique Eircode, irrespective of whether the property is 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.

As of 15 September 2024, there are over 16,100 active claims in payment.

The statistical information that the Deputy has requested concerning the share of vacant and shared accommodation is not available. These details are not collected as part of the scheme’s application process.

The claim activity per county is as follows.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown, including the number of payments, by county, for each month since September 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/24]

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 payment rate under this scheme is €800 per month per property with a unique Eircode, irrespective of whether the property is 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.

As of 15 September 2024, there are over 16,100 active claims in payment.

Since the scheme’s launch on 26 July 2022, over 23,300 claims have been made.

The statistical information that the Deputy has requested concerning a breakdown of claims per county per month since September 2023 is not available. A county breakdown of claims made to date is provided below.