Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2017
222. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided to operators and owners of direct provision accommodation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [52962/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy will appreciate that contract values are commercially confidential. In order to ensure the best value is achieved in the expenditure of public funds, it is not the practice to release into the public domain confidential information relating to matters which are under ongoing discussion between contractors and my Department. Notwithstanding this and in line with the Freedom of Information Acts, contract values for each centre for each year up to and including contracts which terminated in 2014 are available on the website of the Reception and Integration Agency: http://www.ria.gov.ie/en/RIA/Contract%20Values%202016.pdf/Files/Contract%20Values%202016.pdf
For ease of reference, I have included the overall figures for the years in question.
Details of contracts which terminated in 2015 will be available on the website in early 2018.
Total Paid to all contractors by year:
|
Year |
Commercial Contractors |
Amount |
|
2011 |
Commercial contracts |
€57.784 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€8.258 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€1.687 m |
|
2012 |
Commercial contracts |
€52.071 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€6.987 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€0.913 m |
|
2013 |
Commercial contracts |
€45.735 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€6.901 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€0.671 m |
|
2014 |
Commercial contracts |
€43.684 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€6.901 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€0.486 m |
|
2015 |
Commercial contracts * |
€46.671 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€7.010 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€1.214 m |
|
2016 |
Commercial contracts * |
€51.705 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€7.646 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€0.976 m |
|
2017 (end Nov) |
Commercial contracts * |
€48.724 m |
|
|
State-owned contracts |
€8.258 m |
|
|
Self-catering |
€0.781 m |
*This figure includes payments for Emergency Reception and Orientation Centres contracted by RIA on behalf of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme and the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration.
