John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for international protection applicants; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8907/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Please note that the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) does not hold lease agreements but instead has contracts or licence to use agreements.

The current classification of properties that are in operation across the IPAS system are as follows:

- 49 Permanent IPAS Accommodation Centres

- 218 Emergency Accommodation Centres

- The National Reception Centre

- The City West Transit Hub

- 3 Tented Accommodation Centres

In relation to service providers contracted by IPAS to provide accommodation services to International Protection (IP) applicants, the Department publishes reports on all payments over €20,000. These are published, once per quarter, on gov.ie.

(www.gov.ie/en/collection/dfdadb-department-of-children-and-youth-affairs-purchase-orders-for-20000-o/#2022).

Due to both safety concerns and the Department's responsibility to protect the right to confidentiality of each international protection (IP) applicant, it is not possible to provide further breakdown or lists of locations. However, IPAS releases weekly statistics in relation to IP applicants. This includes a per county breakdown of where IP applicants are residing. These statistics are also published on gov.ie (www.gov.ie/en/publication/07027-ipas-statistics/).

John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8908/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Since the outset of the war in Ukraine in early 2022, Ireland has provided accommodation to over 100,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection applicants. This includes approximately 73,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) from Ukraine currently residing in State supported accommodation and approximately 27,500 International Protection applicants currently in IPAS accommodation. Prior to the war in Ukraine, there were 8,300 applicants for international protection in State supported accommodation.

My Department does not publicly detail the current locations of accommodation centres for BOTPs in the interest of the privacy and security of residents and providers.

A breakdown of service providers which have contractual arrangements with my Department at County level is provided below. I should point out to the Deputy that that these figures provide an overview at a point in time and is contingent on a number of factors that are subject to change including accommodation availability, providers in contract at any given time, configurations, transfers resulting from contracts ceasing.

Awaiting additional information from Department.