The following table provides a detailed breakdown of the start and end dates and the value of each contract pertaining to the premises in question. Contracts are not generally made for periods matching a calendar year and can span a number of years or simply a number of months. The table reflects this.
The Deputy will also note that the table shows all information from 2006, when the centre was first contracted as an accommodation centre, up to the end of 2015 (excluding the last two full calendar years, i.e., 2016 and 2017). In fulfilling its general accommodation responsibilities, the RIA does not lease or rent premises from commercial contractors. Rather, it contracts-in a comprehensive range of services and facilities, which include accommodation, housekeeping, etc., for a fixed sum over the period of the contract. RIA endeavours to achieve the best value for money in relation to these contracts, in respect of which negotiations can take place with a number of commercial entities.
As RIA is currently moving to the phased introduction of public tendering, it is therefore not in the best interests of the taxpayer that current details of individual contracts are generally made known. To compile or release such current detailed financial information could negatively affect the competitive position of the State in their discussions with parties who are, or who may be in the future, engaged in negotiations with the RIA. This is in accordance with the Reception & Integration Agency's policy on disclosure of financial information which was agreed with the Office of the information Commissioner.
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Contract Start
|
Contract Finish
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VALUE (to end 2015)
|
Capacity
|
|
10/10/2006
|
31/03/2009
|
€7,993,500
|
50 - 250
|
|
01/04/2009
|
08/08/2011
|
€7,420,500
|
250
|
|
09/08/2011
|
24/12/2012
|
€4,347,000
|
250
|
|
25/12/2012
|
23/06/2014
|
€3,931,200
|
225
|
|
24/06/2014
|
07/12/2015
|
€3,830,400
|
225
|
It is important to note that each of these contracts require contractor to provide full bed and board and lodgings (including laundry services, WIFI facilities etc) for all persons in the protection process resident at the relevant centre.
The number of adults and children in the centre on 1 September each year is not available. The Department does, however, maintain a snapshot of such detail at 31 December of each year. The information is published in the Annual Reports of the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department (also available in respect of other centres at www.ria.gov.ie). Please note that the RIA Annual Reports were first published in 2007 and information in relation to 2006 is not available.
The following table outlines the number of adults and children in the centre on 31 December for the years 2007 to 2017.
|
Year
|
Adults
|
Children
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Total
|
|
2007
|
137
|
94
|
231
|
|
2008
|
168
|
74
|
242
|
|
2009
|
116
|
80
|
196
|
|
2010
|
120
|
73
|
193
|
|
2011
|
138
|
87
|
225
|
|
2012
|
132
|
93
|
225
|
|
2013
|
120
|
89
|
209
|
|
2014
|
116
|
86
|
202
|
|
2015
|
126
|
80
|
206
|
|
2016
|
119
|
78
|
197
|
|
2017
|
104
|
68
|
172
|
|
2018 (@ 07/10/2018)
|
157
|
91
|
248
|
The number of inspections carried out at this centre in each year was as follows:
Year Total No. of Inspections
2006 0 (centre opened in October)
2007 1
2008 2
2009 3
2010 2
2011 3
2012 2
2013 3
2014 4
2015 1
2016 3
2017 3
2018 2 (to date)
In relation to the Deputy’s question about persons deported each year while residing in a specified State provided accommodation centre, the position is that deportation related records are not maintained by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of the Department in a manner such as would allow the figures for such deportations to be disaggregated from the figures for all deportation orders effected in the relevant year.
