Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
611. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to publish a breakdown of the number of bed spaces in IPAS accommodation provided by the private sector through the tender process, accommodation provided by the private sector through emergency accommodation, and State-owned accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34783/23]
View answerDeputy, the requested information on the number of bed spaces in the International Protection Accommodation Service through various providers is broken down below:
|
Private sector through the RFT process |
5,564 |
|
Private sector for emergency accommodation |
13,952 |
|
State owned accommodation |
1,415 |
As the Department has not been able to meet the capacity needs from recent Request for Tender processes, officials continue to engage in emergency accommodation procurement to address the shortfall in capacity.
Since the beginning of 2022 over 158 emergency accommodation centres have been brought into use by IPAS to provide shelter to those seeking international protection.
