Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection in accommodation supported by the accommodation recognition payment, through the Irish Red Cross pledge campaign, the offer a home scheme operated by local authorities or by private arrangements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31136/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) is a monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to a person or people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive.

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 9 June 2025, there are some 21,400 active claims in payment in respect of hosting some 39,100 beneficiaries.

Applicants for the Accommodation Recognition Payment are not required to register with the Irish Red Cross pledge campaign or the Offer a Home scheme operated by local authorities. The information that the Deputy has requested is not available as it is not captured as part of the application process as prescribed by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022.

Approx. 23,950 beneficiaries have been placed in accommodation pledged to the Irish Red Cross and to the ‘Offer a Home’ scheme operated by local authorities since the schemes launched.

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection in each local authority area or county in accommodation supported by the accommodation recognition payment through the Irish Red Cross pledge campaign, the offer a home scheme operated by local authorities or by private arrangements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31137/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) is a monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to a person or people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive.

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 9 June 2025, there are some 21,400 active claims in payment in respect of hosting some 39,100 beneficiaries.

Applicants for the Accommodation Recognition Payment are not required to register with the Irish Red Cross Pledge Campaign or the Offer a Home scheme operated by local authorities. The information that the Deputy has requested is not available as it is not captured as part of the application process as prescribed by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022.

The ARP claim activity per county is as follows.

Awarded claims by county

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of properties currently contracted by the State to provide accommodation for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection, and the total number of beneficiaries of temporary protection currently residing in these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31138/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the response to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis of the war breaking out in Ukraine, the State contracted for a variety of different commercial properties.

All accommodation contracted by this Department is temporary in nature, and Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection are advised of this when requesting emergency accommodation.

Currently 670 contracts are in operation providing State-contracted temporary accommodation to persons fleeing the war in Ukraine. This contracted accommodation capacity includes beds in hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, self-catering accommodation and certain other repurposed settings.

As of 9 June 2025, the total number of people residing in this category of State-contracted accommodation is 23,559.

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of properties currently contracted by the State in each local authority area or county to provide accommodation for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection; the total number of beneficiaries of temporary protection currently residing in these properties, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31139/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Since February 2022, almost 90,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection have been provided access to state-supported accommodation by the Department of Integration. Almost 23,600 of those are currently in State supported accommodation.

The information requested has been extracted from our systems and is outlined in tabular form below. Please note that the below table refers to people residing in State-provided accommodation only. These figures are as of 9 June 2025.

I would also note that these figures provide an overview at a point in time and are contingent on a number of factors that are subject to change including accommodation availability, providers in contract at any given time, configurations, transfers resulting from contracts ceasing.