Written answers

Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Direct Provision System

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons currently in direct provision and the number in each of the past ten years. [60028/21]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I would like to direct the Deputy to the table below. The numbers are set out by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of this Department. These figures were last received on Sunday, 28 November, 2021.

As at Year Number of Persons in Direct Provision
28 November 2021 7,089
Year-end 2020 6,997
Year-end 2019 7,683
Year-end 2018 6,106
Year-end 2017 5,096
Year-end 2016 4,279
Year-end 2015 4,696
Year-end 2014 4,364
Year-end 2013 4,360
Year-end 2012 4,841
Year-end 2011 5,423

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently in direct provision. [60029/21]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I would like to direct the Deputy to the table below. The numbers are set out by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of this Department. These figures were last received on Sunday, 28 November, 2021.

Accommodation Type Number of Children
Balseskin Reception Centre 85
IPAS Accommodation Centres 1,842
Emergency Accommodation Centres 129
Total: 2,056

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons who died while in the direct provision system in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [60030/21]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) does not have an official role in the recording or collating of information relating to deaths that occur of residents residing in IPAS accommodation centres.

At my request, IPAS has now developed a new policy on the recording and reporting of deaths of IPAS residents. The policy sets out a new approach to the reporting of deaths of residents of IPAS accommodation centres. IPAS cannot confirm the identity of a deceased resident, or reveal any specific information that may lead to the identification of a deceased resident, or their family members, in response to a request for information from the media, or public representative. Statistics have been collated which set out the number of deaths of persons who were resident in IPAS accommodation at the time of death and where their deaths were notified to IPAS. The statistics in relation to historical deaths to 1 June 2021 will be published on the IPAS website in the coming weeks.

Below the Deputy will find a table setting out deaths from 2016 to 02 December, 2021.

Year Deaths
2016 4
2017 3
2018 5
2019 3
2020 6
2021 (02 December) 8

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