Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 June 2022
378. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons who died while in the direct provision system in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [33448/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can confirm Deputy that from 2002 to 1 June, 2022, a total of 97 persons have died. In the past five years, from 2017 to 1 June 2022, 24 people have passed away in centres.
|
Year |
Deaths |
|
2017 |
3 |
|
2018 |
5 |
|
2019 |
3 |
|
2020 |
6 |
|
2021 |
8 |
|
2022 (to 1 June) |
2 |
Under the Critical Incident Policy, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) publish a statistical report on a bi-annual basis. This records the number of deaths that have occurred of IPAS residents for the previous six months. This includes the records of deaths to date, since the commencement of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA).
The figures for the first half of 2022 will be available publicly at the end of June 2022 and will be published on the IPAS website.
