More than 20,000 spare rooms or vacant properties have been offered by the public to house Ukrainian refugees, as part of an accommodation pledge scheme organised by the Irish Red Cross
The Government was also preparing to open mass accommodation centres, to provide immediate shelter in the event of a surge of arrivals, while temporary hotel accommodation was being secured, he said.
Department officials and Red Cross staff were assessing accommodation offered by the public, to match suitable rooms and properties with Ukrainian refugees. The Minister said offers of spare rooms in shared homes would then be considered after suitable vacant properties were filled, likely from around three weeks’ time onwards.
“There will be a range of medium to longer term solutions brought forward by the Government over the next number of weeks,” the Green Party TD said.
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