Council Housing supports for local people are not being used to provide accommodation to Ukrainian Refugees in county Tipperary.
Director of Housing Sinead Carr told councillors at the monthly plenary meeting that any such claims are misinformation and clarified that no Ukrainian refugees are receiving HAP, RAS or Homelessness supports.
Ms Carr also emphatically stated that none of the council’s or approved housing bodies’ housing stock is used to support refugees from Ukraine. Councillors expressed gratitude for the response of the public and groups that operated Refugee Reception Centres in Clonmel and Littleton.
Cllr Seamus Morris accused the Government of creating problems by bussing people into areas at night in other parts of the country and appealed for advance dialogue.
Ms Carr also appealed to the media to accurately portray any homelessness situation and said the council is constrained in what it can say in respect of some cases especially if children are involved.
The Housing Director says that staff have been instructed to follow the systems in place and that a threat of media exposure or erecting a tent at the council offices will not generate a different response.
