Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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685. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in Direct Provision in Ireland; and the number who are children. [54774/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As of 3 December 2023, there are a total of 25,876 people accommodated by the State in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation, 5,590 of whom are children.

IPAS accommodates International Protection (IP) applicants in IPAS centres, Emergency centres, the National Reception Centre, and tented accommodation. In face of the significant shortfall in available accommodation, the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) has contracted a significant amount of private accommodation of various configurations

Ireland is currently accommodating approximately 100,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection (IP) applicants. This includes over 74,000 Ukrainian people who have sought accommodation from the State and, as above, nearly 26,000 IP applicants currently in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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686. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times his Department has received reports of arson or attacks on Direct Provision centres by protesters in each of the past three years and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54775/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As the Deputy may be beware, properties currently in use by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) have been damaged in protests including in Dublin during the recent unrest on 23 November 2023.

This and other incidents of damage are a matter for An Garda Síochána and the Department is precluded from commenting or providing detailed information as it may prejudice any consequent investigations or court cases.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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687. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have died in the direct provision system in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and if details can be provided on age at death, and cause of death, in tabular form. [54776/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has a policy on the recording and reporting of deaths of residents in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres. As part of that policy, IPAS publishes resident death statistics on a biannual basis with the most recent publication in June 2023.

This information is available on the IPAS website and can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/8224f-statistics-on-deaths-of-international-protection-accommodation-service-residents/

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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688. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the Direct Provision centres currently operating in the State; the amounts paid to each in each of the past five years; and the number of persons living in each centre currently. [54777/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I thank the Deputy for his question. The information requested will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days.