Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that there have been delays in IPAS accommodation payments to a business (details supplied); the action that is being taken to prevent delays such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58045/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I am advised by my officials that this provider’s payment is in hand and will issue shortly. My Department is contacting the provider to offer reassurance.

I very much regret any delays experienced by providers in securing payment, which is due to the extraordinary volume of invoices being processed in the context of the number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection being accommodated. I have assigned additional resources to clear the backlog.

Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS contracts and the expiration date of each contract by county in tabular form. [58150/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As of 21 November 2022 there are 112 International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres in use for the exclusive accommodation of international protection applicants exclusively.

There are 48 permanent IPAS Accommodation centres. This includes seven (7) state owned centres and the National Reception Centre with the balance of 64 made up of emergency/pre-reception accommodation centres and three (3) Emergency Reception and Orientation Centre (EROC) centres that host primarily Syrian refugees that arrive under the UNHCR Resettlement Programme.

The names of the centres have not been included as contract information is commercially sensitive.