Written answers

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

International Protection

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 11 June 2024, the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation to date by international protection applicants and beneficiaries that applied for international protection in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively, in tabular form. [27292/24]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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There are currently over 31,000 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom over 7,833 are children) compared with approximately 8,700 people at the end of February 2022.Please see, in tabular format, the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by international protection applicants arriving between 2019 and 2024. This data is as at 24 June 2024 and pertains to the date of entrance into IPAS accommodation.

Year of entrance
Average duration spent in accommodation, as at 24 June 2024
2019
59
2020
48
2021
33
2022
22
2023
10
2024
2

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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356. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection that have exited his Department’s supported accommodation each month from June 2023 to May 2024. [27293/24]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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My Department does not collate information on beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) that have exited supported accommodation as requested by the Deputy. The overall number of BOTPs reported in accommodation that is supported by my Department has been in decline since November 2023. Estimates indicate that approx. 40 to 50 BOTPs per day have been leaving accommodation supported by my Department. A table on the occupancy as reported is provided below.

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Jun-23
Jul-23
Aug-23
Sep-23
Oct-23
Nov-23
Number of BOTPs
54780
56025
57146
56799
58694
59646

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Dec-23
Jan-24
Feb-24
Mar-24
Apr-24
May-24
Jun-24
Number of BOTPs
58052
58605
58416
54950
51797
47783
45364

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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357. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 11 June 2024, of the 13,275 beneficiaries of temporary protection that vacated State-provided accommodation between end-December 2023 to end-March 2024, to specify the breakdown of the number of persons that vacated State-owned accommodation, commercial accommodation or other accommodation types respectively over this time period. [27294/24]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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My Department did not collate the information in the manner requested by the Deputy in relation to a breakdown of the number of persons that vacated State-owned accommodation, commercial accommodation or other accommodation types respectively between end-December 2023 to end-March 2024.

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