I wish to discuss accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine.

The Department has received 663 offers of accommodation, of which approximately one third have been rejected. I have spent months trying to get information about two suitable accommodation offers in Carlow. It is all online. There is no face-to-face contact. I have also visited the office of the Minister, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman. My understanding is that it is short-staffed. These communities and the owners of these premises are only asking for communication and speed. They have their fire certification, the necessary remedial works have been done and they have done everything they can. This needs to be addressed. We are all trying to work together, but people are becoming disheartened. They are not receiving any answers. I ask that we do something urgently to try to sort this out.

The former chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, Mr. Conn Murray, has done a significant amount of work in the refurbishment programme that has sat with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. We have stood up a new procedure under which Mr. Michael Walsh, the chief executive of Waterford City and County Council, will be co-ordinating the refurbishment response. A new portal will be opened and we are going through all the offers that were made. In some instances people were not responded to. If the Deputy has specific details about the two accommodation offers in Carlow she mentioned, she can give them directly to me and we will pursue them.