Hoteliers owed six-figure sums for providing Ukrainian accommodation via IrishTimesBiz
Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway raised the issue of hotels being owed money for accommodating Ukrainian refugees in the Dáil earlier this week. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins PhotosKilkenny guest house owner Micheál Brophy has told of how he is owed a six-figure sum for providing accommodation to 27 Ukrainian refugees. He has called for a direct debit payment system to ensure providers like himself are paid in a timely fashion.
Mr Brophy told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland on Friday that there were many accommodation providers in the same position who were not being paid. Under his current contract Mr Brophy provides lodging, laundry and food to the 27 Ukrainian refugees who are the sole occupants of his guest house. Because his premises is in a rural area he provided two small cars so people could get about the area.
At present he is owed payments for November, December, January and February. “It should be set up on a direct debit basis so that we’re paid in a timely fashion. If somebody was in a position like my position in a normal, everyday job and they weren’t getting paid for three or four months, I don’t understand their position. We have our expenses. We have to pay for oil. We have our expenses with electricity.
Lorraine Sweeney of the Wilton Hotel in Bray, Co Wicklow, which is home to 140 Ukrainian refugees told Morning Ireland that a “considerable six figure sum” was also due to them since last October, but she acknowledged they were fortunate to have cash flow from “the other side of the house” as part of the hotel remains open to tourists.
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