Concern has been voiced about the impact of a Government scheme for housing refugees from Ukraine on the private rental sector as new figures show the number of private properties being used has increased by 17% since the start of the year.
A record number of over 21,800 dwellings are currently being used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees under the Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) scheme,
according to the latest figures from the Department of Justice.
The figures were provided in response to a parliamentarymquestion by Sinn Féin’s justice spokesperson, Matt Carthy, who criticised how the EU Temporary Protection Directive has been operated in Ireland and claimed the ARP is “deeply unfair and causes huge divisions within communities\".
Deputy Carthy spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this
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