Gerry Adams
Question:645. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of single adults, families and children residing in each direct provision centre. [38327/17]
View answerMonday, 11 September 2017
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The information requested by the Deputy is compiled on an annual basis and published in the RIA Annual Report which is available on the RIA website www.ria.gov.ie.
RIA also compile statistics on the gender, age, family composition etc. of residents on a monthly basis, however this is not available on a centre by centre basis. What can be said is that at the end of July 2017 there were 2,356 single persons, 711 married persons, 377 lone parents and 1,233 children residing in State provided accommodation. There was also a small number of persons (90) whose status had yet to be recorded. This information is published in the Monthly Reports on the RIA website.