The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman has said there has been a reduction in the number of Ukrainians arriving in Ireland in the last two weeks.
He indicated that this decrease comes after the Government highlighted the situation to the Ukrainian authorities and embassy regarding a lack of available accommodation.
He said there remains a "real pressure" on the provision of accommodation and that they are working with everyone, including the Ukrainian Embassy here to make sure people are "aware of those pressures".
Minister O'Gorman said they will work with hotels to elongate contracts to accommodate Ukrainians.
He also said they recognise that next year some hotels will return to their previous business and that the delivery of vacant and modular homes must commence "at a pace".
He highlighted how a difficult accommodation scenario here is "preferable" to the risks to life that Ukrainians face on a daily basis in Ukraine.
"We have to recognise that Ukrainians are facing into a winter in freezing temperatures with cuts to their electricity and continued targeting of civilian targets by the Russian government," the minister said.
He said he expects the first modular homes will be available in January, with up to 250 made available early in the New Year.
"Then another 250 probably by February/March and further across the year,," he added.
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