Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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1532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of stay of residents in direct provision centres. [45302/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Providing reception conditions – accommodation and other basic supports – to people seeking international protection is part of Irish and EU law.

The State is currently accommodating over 32,000 people who have applied for international protection in Ireland, over 9,000 of whom are children.

Currently, the mean or average length of stay in accommodation across all residents, and over 320 accommodation centres provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is 20 months.

Not all international protection applicants are resident in IPAS accommodation and the length of time spent by a person resident in IPAS accommodation will vary depending on the individual circumstances of the person or family's application.

Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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1533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of all direct provision centres currently in operation. [45303/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Providing reception conditions – accommodation and other basic supports – to people seeking international protection is part of Irish and EU law.

The State is currently accommodating over 32,000 people in 321 International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres around the country, over 9,000 of whom are children with their families.

Since 2024, once a centre is in operation, IPAS has not published details of the specific locations or the capacity or occupancy of our accommodation centres.

This is due to both safety and security concerns, and to protect the privacy of international protection applicants in line with legal obligations under the International Protection Act 2015.

IPAS does publish regular statistics in relation to international protection applicants accommodated by IPAS. This includes a per county breakdown of where applicants are residing and a wide range of other details.

These statistics are located on the Gov.ie website:www.gov.ie/en/international-protection-accommodation-services-ipas/publications/facts-and-figures/.