Written answers
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Asylum Support Services
9:00 pm
Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of accommodation units provided by the State for the purpose of housing asylum seekers; the cost of their provision on a year-by-year basis since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14650/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the first part of this question, I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 1 June 2011. The position is unchanged since then.
In relation to the second part of the question, the expenditure outturn by RIA on accommodation of asylum seekers and related costs in the period 2002 to 2010 is as follows:
2002 - â¬84m
2003 - â¬76m
2004 - â¬84m
2005 - â¬84m
2006 - â¬79m
2007- â¬83m
2008 - â¬91m
2009 - â¬86m
2010 - â¬79m
2011 - â¬67m (estimate provision).
The principal expenditure on the above outturn is on contracts for commercial and State-owned direct provision centres as well as self-catering centres. It also includes expenditure outside these contract costs, e.g. utility (gas, electricity etc.) costs in State-owned centres; pre-school costs; transport costs and miscellaneous costs. A detailed breakdown of these costs is shown in the 2007 to 2010 (inclusive) RIA Annual Reports published on the aforementioned RIA website.
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