Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of each accommodation property in County Mayo for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine; the occupancy and contracted capacity of each centre and location in each of the approved accommodation categories, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5454/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on providing access to emergency temporary accommodation to those fleeing the conflict who request it. To date, over 100,000 beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) have arrived in Ireland and over 75,000 of those have been referred to this Department seeking accommodation from the State.

My Department does not publicly detail the locations of such accommodation centres in the interest of the privacy and security of residents and providers. For the same reason, my Department also does not publicly detail the occupancy, contracted capacity and location of each centre.

The breakdown of the number of BOTPs by location is set out in the table below. It should be noted that the information provides an overview at a given point in time and is contingent on a number of factors that are subject to change including accommodation availability, providers in contract at any given time, configurations, transfers resulting from contracts ceasing, etc.

Please find latest figures by area below:

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who are being provided with accommodation by the State per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Ireland is currently accommodating over 75,000 persons fleeing the conflict in Ukraine who have sought temporary protection from the State, both directly and through schemes such as offer a home or pledged accommodation. Intensive efforts are being undertaken daily by Department officials to source emergency accommodation. However, procuring enough bed space to support those that require such accommodation remains extremely challenging.

My Department publishes regular information on the accommodation of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection by local authority, and this can be found at: gov.ie - Topics & Content BOTPs Accommodated by County and by LA (cloud.gov.ie)

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Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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458. 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. [5457/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Ireland is now accommodating over 100,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection (IP) applicants.

This includes almost 75,000 Ukrainian people who have sought accommodation from the State and almost 27,000 IP applicants currently in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation.

IPAS releases weekly statistics in relation to international protection (IP) applicants. This includes a per county breakdown of where IP applicants are residing. These statistics are located on the Gov.ie website: gov.ie - IPAS Statistics (www.gov.ie) .

Please see, in tabular format, the breakdown of where IP applicants are residing across the State, as at 28 January 2024.