Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 February 2014
457. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of persons currently living in direct provision by year they entered direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6683/14]
View answerI would refer the Deputy to my response to his Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 4 February 2014.
As I said in that reply, the Reception and Integration Agency of my Department, which manages the direct provision system, has extensive statistical information available on its website - www.ria.gov.ie. The information requested here is available on a monthly basis - the latest figures available on-line are for end December 2013. This shows the number of persons living in each of the accommodation centres under contract to RIA and the overall length of time by year spent by persons living in the system.
