Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 May 2024
144. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 8 May 2024, to detail the outputs in 2023 under subhead E4 based on the revised estimates allocation and the final allocation for subhead E4 in 2023, including the number of IPAS beds funded and a breakdown of the same across State-owned accommodation and commercial accommodation. [23068/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs of 12 May 2024, there are over 30,000 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom 7,356 are children) compared with approximately 8,700 people at the end of February 2022. Together with Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection displaced by the war in Ukraine, this means that Ireland is now accommodating over 102,000 people in State-supported accommodation.
On 31 December 2023, a total of 26,279 people were accommodated by IPAS, of which approximately 1,200 were in State-owned accommodation.
The total costs under subhead E04 in 2023, which relates to IPAS expenditure, was €651.7 million. Commercial accommodation accounted for €627.4 million of this total; State-owned property for €9.9 million; and ancillary costs for €14.4 million.
