Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an inventory of buildings currently being used in County Clare for the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46361/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As of 5th January 2025, there are 990 people who are International Protection applicants residing in properties in County Clare, and of these, 291 are children with their families.

The Department's responsibility to protect the right to confidentiality of each international protection (IP) applicant is set out in the International Protection Act 2015.

Since 2024, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has not published details of the specific locations of our accommodation centres. This is due to both safety and security concerns and to protect the privacy of international protection applicants. Such information may have been released in the past, however, our updated practice is not to publish specific locations of IPAS Accommodation Centres.

The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) releases weekly statistics in relation to IP applicants. This includes a per county breakdown of where IP applicants are residing and a wide range of other details. These statistics are located on the Gov.ie website: gov.ie - IPAS Statistics (www.gov.ie) .

I trust this information is helpful.

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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1142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46381/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The scheme is provided for under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and is administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department.

The scheme is currently due to end on 31 March 2025. However, it may be extended by Order in accordance with the governing legislation.

The future of the Accommodation Recognition Payment will be considered in the context of the continued whole of Government response to the war in Ukraine.