Direct Provision Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2018

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Questions (247)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 27 November 2018, the number of single person households, that is, households composed of just a single person, not families headed by a single person, living in direct provision centres at the end of 2017. [50471/18]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality

At the end of 2017, 2524 single persons resided in accommodation provided by the Reception and Integration Agency, Department of Justice and Equality; 599 females and 1925 males.