Aisling Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has entered into contracts with companies (details supplied) to provide accommodation for international protection applicants in Trim, County Meath. [26703/25]

Aisling Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has entered into any contracts with any companies to provide accommodation for international protection applicants in Trim, County Meath. [26704/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 444 and 445 together.

Providing reception conditions – accommodation and other basic supports – to international protection applicants is a requirement of Irish and EU law.

The State is currently accommodating almost 33,000 people who have applied for international protection in Ireland, over 9,000 of whom are children. The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) provides this accommodation in over 320 centres around the country.

There are currently no properties in the Trim area either under consideration, or under current contract, to provide international protection accommodation with my Department's International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS).