llustration: Paul ScottThe Government has dropped a plan to phase out State-funded commercial accommodation for Ukrainian people by March 2026. But the Department of Justice has confirmed there is “no plan to phase out all State-funded accommodation contracts by March 2026”. And “consideration of the phasing out of all State-funded commercial accommodation contracts by March 2026, with exception for the most vulnerable [beneficiaries of temporary protection]”. The Department of Justice confirmed that a policy of ending State-funded accommodation contracts for Ukrainian people is no longer being considered. Due to accommodation shortages, people who have previously held temporary protection status in another EU member state, were also no longer entitled to access State-funded accommodation in Ireland.
