budget 2024
Department of Integration to receive €1bn budget bailout
Money will be used to manage large volume of Ukrainian refugees arriving into Ireland
The government has signed off on a €1 billion bailout for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, due to higher than expected spending on refugees.
The bailout is to be paid for out of a €2 billion contingency fund provided for under “non-core” or temporary spending in last year’s budget, which is being used by Roderic O’Gorman, the Minister for Integration, to manage the large numbers of Ukrainian refugees that have arrived ...