Written answers
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Direct Provision System
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have died while living in direct provision since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38408/21]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The information requested by the Deputy can be found in the attached table.
The Deputy may also be aware that I recently approved the new International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) Policy on the Recording and Publishing of Information on Resident Deaths. This new policy came into effect on 1 June 2021 and will be published, along with full historic data on deaths since the first known death was recorded in 2002. The policy and statistical data will be published on a new IPAS website which is due to go live later this month.
This new policy covers the procedures for notification of a resident death to appropriate authorities and the collation and provision of statistical information on all deaths since 2002. The policy also provides for the publication of cause of death statistics where these have been provided by the General Register Office.
Registered deaths of persons assigned accommodation by IPAS years 2018 - 2021
| Year | Number of people |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HIQA inspections that have taken place in direct provision centres to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38423/21]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department is in discussion with the Department of Health and HIQA to formulate the agreement for HIQA to start monitoring the application of the Standards in International Protection Accommodation Services accommodation. Work is currently being undertaken to establish the legislative basis for HIQA's monitoring role.
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