With our continuing welcome efforts to assist the Ukrainian people, some issues have arisen. There is the absence of a centralised, uniform European approach to the provision of financial supports and accommodation for Ukrainians fleeing the war and there is a stark difference in supports offered by the EU 26 and the UK compared with the extensive supports available in this country. There is also a chaotic and reckless approach by Government to procuring accommodation for this purpose; one which is, at times, at the expense of the housing needs of families and students living, working and studying in this country.

A flawed tender was issued by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and won by a UK-based fund that owns student accommodation at Benbulben Court and Milligan Court in Sligo to house Ukrainian refugees, in the latest manifestation of our at times absurd approach. Will the Minister inform the House whether this tender is set to progress to contract, thus displacing 500 students, which constitutes 25% of student accommodation available to support the Atlantic Technological University, ATU, Ireland's newest university?

I thank the Deputy for his engagement, and that of Deputies Feighan and Kenny, on this issue. As the Deputy said, we put out a request for tender for additional accommodation and we received an offer in response from Sligo. When it became apparent that the offer would have an impact on student accommodation, and recognising the pressure on student accommodation in the north west, my Department and our officials immediately engaged with both the ATU and with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Those engagements are ongoing. I do not have a conclusion for the Deputy yet but as soon as I do, I will let him, the other relevant Deputies and the ATU know.