Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 June 2018
235. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which single adults residing in direct provision are sharing rooms; the number who have been sharing rooms for over 12 and 24 months, respectively; the range of beds per room in shared rooms, that is, the highest number of beds to the lowest number of beds; and the average number of beds per room in shared rooms across the direct provision portfolio. [26271/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAccommodation centres under contract to the Department have a limited number of rooms for single adults and most single adults share rooms. The capacity of each room is entirely dependent on the size of the room as per building regulations. The number of persons actually allocated to the room will depend on that capacity. Currently, the numbers allocated to individual rooms vary and in a very small number of cases it could be up to six persons.
Statistics are not collated on the basis of room sharing and there are no available statistics to illustrate how long such persons have been sharing rooms.
