Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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378. 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 2022. [33448/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I can confirm Deputy that from 2002 to 1 June, 2022, a total of 97 persons have died. In the past five years, from 2017 to 1 June 2022, 24 people have passed away in centres.

Under the Critical Incident Policy, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) publish a statistical report on a bi-annual basis. This records  the number of deaths that have occurred of IPAS residents for the previous six months. This includes the records of deaths to date, since the commencement of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA).

The figures for the first half of 2022 will be available publicly at the end of June 2022 and will be published on the IPAS website.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently in direct provision. [33449/22]

Roderic 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, 19 June, 2022.