Received 30 January 2023
Decided 1 February 2023
Refused
Request Reference FOI-0041-2023
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All internal department correspondence over the past three months in relation to overdue payments to people and groups (hotels, B&Bs etc) providing accommodation to Ukrainians coming to Ireland; all correspondence between the department and the Irish Hotels Federation over the past three months in relation to overdue payments to hotels providing accommodation to Ukrainians coming to Ireland; a breakdown of the department budget for accommodation for Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland; a breakdown of how many of the 700+ hotels/B&Bs which are providing accommodation to Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland have overdue payments of (a) more than €400,000 (b) more than €300,000 (c) more than €200,000 and (d) more than €100,000; a breakdown of how many hotels/B&Bs have been waiting (a) more than six months for overdue payments (b) more than three months for overdue payments (c) more than one month for overdue payments at the time of this request.