Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were resident in direct provision centres in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [36558/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The table below confirms the number of children who resided in IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Service) accommodation centres between the years 2018 to 2020. Unfortunately, there are no statistics available for 2017.

As the Deputy will be aware, I have now published a “White Paper to End Direct Provision and to establish a new International Protection Support Service”. The White Paper sets out a new Government policy to establish a new ‘International Protection Support Service’ which I envision will be fully operational by December 2024.

Number of Children in Direct Provision by Year