Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age living in direct provision in the Newbridge centre in County Kildare in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3437/17]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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The current contracted capacity of the Eyre Powell Hotel, in Newbridge County Kildare, is 87 persons. The number of children availing of accommodation in the Eyre Powell with their families at the end of the last six years are set out in the following table:

The occupancy level of any centre rises and falls with the number of persons availing of State provided accommodation at any given time and the numbers exiting the system. The number of children residing in State provided accommodation is further influenced by the demographic profile of those applying for international protection.

**This figure for 2016 is approximate as the statistics for the 2016 annual report are currently being compiled.

Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision in the Newbridge centre in County Kildare in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3438/17]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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The current contracted capacity of the Eyre Powell Hotel, in Newbridge County Kildare, is 87 persons. The number of persons availing of accommodation in the Eyre Powell at the end of the last six years are set out in the following table:

The occupancy level of any centre rises and falls with the number of persons availing of State provided accommodation at any given time and the numbers exiting the system.

*This figure for 2016 is approximate as the statistics for the 2016 annual report are currently being compiled.

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children that have been granted their stamp 4 visa or leave to remain but that remain in direct provision or other non-permanent accommodation funded by her Department on the first day of every month in 2016. [3441/17]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Details of the numbers of persons with a form of status who continue to reside in State provided accommodation is not available on a monthly basis for 2016. Arrangements are now in place to record this information at monthly intervals so monthly returns will be available going forward.

What can be said is that the numbers of persons with some form of status residing in State provided accommodation ranged from approximately 450 persons to approximately 600 persons during 2016. The numbers rise and fall as people are granted a form of status and others with status move into the community. Over 1,900 persons left the State provided accommodation system during 2016. However, it is important to note that not all those leaving State provided accommodation would have done so because they received a form of status. The State provided accommodation system is entirely voluntary and some of those leaving the system were exercising their right to live elsewhere.