Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to commercial firms to accommodate persons seeking international protection and privately-owned direct provision centres in each of the years 2017 to 2019, and to the date in 2020 on which responsibility was passed to his Department; if he will provide the schedule and number of firms and-or companies, over that duration, that received; and if he will provide the schedule and number of firms and-or companies, over that duration, that received differing amounts (details supplied). [5172/21]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of firms and or companies that received payments directly related to the services associated with direct provision in each of the years 2017 to 2020, inclusive. [5173/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 469 and 470 together.

Total amounts paid to companies/firms to accommodate persons seeking international protection in privately owned International Protection Accommodation Centres in 2017, 2018, 2019 and to the end of October 2020.

The provision of services associated with International Protection Accommodation Centres by companies or firms who received payment from 2017 to 2020 can be grouped as follows:

- Provision of accommodation and ancillary services in accommodation centres that are privately owned and operated

- Provision of management and ancillary services in accommodation centres that are state owned

- Provision of emergency accommodation where there was insufficient capacity within accommodation portfolio to meet demand for services

- Provision of transport services to international protection applicants living in accommodation centres

- Provision of utilities in state owned centres e.g. electricity, gas, water.

- Funding to NGOs/Community Groups to assist residents and

- Purchasing of fixtures and fitting for state owned centres.

The table below lists the number of companies by year who provided these services and the total amount paid for these services.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons seeking international protection who were accommodated in direct provision centres in each of the years 2017 to 2020, inclusive; the number broken down by gender, and if they were minors or adults, in direct provision centres at the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5174/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The following table sets out the number of people being accommodated by my Department in International Protection Accommodation Centres, temporary emergency accommodation in the form of hotels and guesthouses and the National Reception Centre in Balseskin from 2017 to 2020. The gender breakdown is also provided. However, this was not available for 2017.

Gender Breakdown of Residents

Of the 6,997 residents being accommodated by my Department as of the end of December 2020, 1,985 of these were minors. The breakdown of which is approximately 52% male, and 48% female. The breakdown for adults is approximately 60% male and 40% female.