Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

I probably should clarify that those are the overall arrival numbers. Obviously, as Deputy Colm Burke pointed out earlier, there are a number of people who do not seek accommodation from the State now. Over time, the proportion that have sought accommodation from the State has increased. There was a stage where that was around the 80% mark. It is probably now around the 90% mark. That would only reduce the figure in terms of the demand for State accommodation, if that were to sustain.

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