International Protection

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Questions (466)

Neasa Hourigan

Question:

466. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown by county and, in Dublin, by post code of the total number of people in International Protection Accommodation Services or direct provision. [3845/24]

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Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Ireland and many other European countries are experiencing a significant increase of people seeking international protection (IP).

As at 21 January 2024, there were over 26,700 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom over 5,800 are children).

IPAS releases weekly statistics in relation to international protection (IP) applicants. This includes a per county breakdown of where IP applicants are residing. These statistics are located on the Gov.ie website: gov.ie - IPAS Statistics (www.gov.ie)

Please see, in tabular format, the breakdown per county. Information related to the number of applicants by Eircode in Dublin is not routinely collated. The information sought is now being collated and will issue directly to the Deputy shortly.

County	Total Occupancy
Carlow	211
Cavan	160
Clare	715
Cork City	626
Cork County	974
Donegal	1669
Dublin City	3118
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	793
Fingal County	2384
Galway City Council	1123
Galway County Council	167
Kerry	804
Kildare	774
Kilkenny	147
Laois	616
Leitrim	87
Limerick City and County	407
Longford	143
Louth	886
Mayo	1344
Meath	905
Monaghan	577
Offaly	249
Roscommon	194
Sligo	435
South County Dublin	3370
Tipperary	580
Waterford	655
Westmeath	779
Wexford	594
Wicklow	1259
Total	26754