Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is referring to Ireland's stated commitments on relocation under the resettlement programme. To date, 1,406 persons have arrived in Ireland under the relocation and resettlement strands of the EU relocation programme. I expect a further 738 to have arrived in Ireland under both programmes by early 2018. Under the relocation programme, Ireland has pledged to accept 1,089 asylum seekers from Greece. Ireland was the only EU country that chose voluntarily to participate in the programme. It will meet its full commitment to Greece. Some 621 persons of the allocation of 1,089 are already in the State and a further 390 have been assessed and are awaiting transportation from Greece. By early 2018, we will have admitted our entire cohort from Greece under the relocation programme.

Under the resettlement strand, refugees located in countries such as Lebanon are brought directly to Ireland with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR. Ireland originally pledged to resettle 520 refugees, double the amount the European Commission had proposed for Ireland, and we subsequently voluntarily doubled that number again. I recently announced that our overall pledge would increase again, to 1,385. Some 785 of these refugees are already in the State building new lives. On the current locations of those who have already arrived, 602 persons are housed in emergency reception and orientation centres. A total of 797 persons have been settled in 14 counties nationwide - Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Louth, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Westmeath and Wexford.

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