Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the entity that is responsible for the physical maintenance of direct provision centres. [52203/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Deputy, the service provider (contractor) is responsible for the maintenance of the IPAS accommodation centre.

There are 7 State owned accommodation centres for which OPW are responsible for maintenance.

The contractor is responsible for ensuring all checks of accommodation units at the centre, equipment (including safety equipment), fixtures and fittings (including paintwork, floor, furniture, glazing), appliances and grounds (where applicable) are kept in good condition, properly maintained and remain fit for use throughout.

The contractor must carry out regular checks in order to ascertain and rectify promptly any maintenance or health and safety issues. All maintenance issues must be promptly addressed and logged in a maintenance log book which must be available for inspection at the request of the Minister.

A clear mechanism is in place for residents to report and follow up on any maintenance and/or repair issues and for those issues to be addressed in a timely way.