Written answers

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Direct Provision System

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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966. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all direct provision accommodation centres; the number of persons resident in each centre; the number of those that are under 18 years of age; the number that remain in the centre as they cannot secure accommodation elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31331/21]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As of the evening of Sunday 06 June 2021 there were a total of 6442 persons being accommodated by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of my Department. The attached table provides a breakdown of this number by centre, the number of residents in each centre who are under 18 and the number of residents who have been granted status and have yet to secure accommodation in the community.

Considerable work is being undertaken to support these residents to move out of accommodation centres and into secure accommodation in the community. My Department has a specific team who work in collaboration with Depaul Ireland, the Jesuit Refugee Service, the Peter McVerry Trust, officials in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, and the City and County Managers Association collectively to support residents with status or permission to remain to access housing options.

I am happy to inform the Deputy that this year, in the period up to the end of May, 432 people have moved to housing in the community from our accommodation centres.

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