Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who are being provided with accommodation by the State per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52503/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As at 19^thNovember 2023, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is providing accommodation to 25,742 people seeking refuge in Ireland, and since January 2022 have brought over 190 properties into use to ensure that all those who arrive in Ireland seeking International Protection (IP) who require shelter can be accommodated.

The State has a legal obligation to assess the claims of those who seek IP, and in that time, to provide accommodation and supports in line with the Recast Reception Conditions Directive (SI 230 of 2018), to those that require it.

The International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) continues to explore all offers of accommodation for international protection applicants IPAs in as far as it can. There remains an acute shortfall with respect to accommodation, and IPPS is working to bring further properties into use to ensure that all those who arrive in Ireland seeking shelter can be accommodated.

Please see, in tabular format, the number of international protection applicants (IPAs), accommodated in each county in Ireland.