Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 May 2024
247. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants living in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20066/24]
View answerThe Department of Integration does not comment on occupancy figures for individual properties given the requirement to maintain the security and right to privacy of International Protection (IP) applicants, and the variability of this data due to the emergency nature of its requirement to provide shelter for IP applicants.
General statistical information may be provided but government policy is to minimise information relating to persons or the location of their place of residence, noting the interests of privacy and security of residents in general.
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. These statistics are located on the gov.ie website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/07027-ipas-statistics/.
In the case of County Clare, as of 21 April 2024, there are 739 IP applicants resident in the county.
