Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2024
648. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people in State-funded accommodation both Ukrainian and International Protection Applicants each month since January 2023 not including those in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25210/24]
View answerSince the outset of the war in Ukraine in early 2022, Ireland is currently providing accommodation to approximately 76,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection applicants. This includes over 45,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) currently in DCEDIY supported accommodation and approximately 31,000 International Protection applicants currently in IPAS accommodation. Prior to the war in Ukraine, there were 8,300 applicants for international protection in State supported accommodation.
The table below provides a breakdown on the number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in State-provided accommodation by month from January 2023 to May 2024, inclusive. The highest reported figure was in November 2023. The figures do not include those availing of the Offer a Home or pledged accommodation schemes, or those who may have made private arrangements whose hosts are supported by the Accommodation Recognition Payment.
|
Date |
Number of BOTPs in DCEDIY supported accommodation on last day of the month |
|
31/01/2023 |
49624 |
|
28/02/2023 |
51231 |
|
31/03/2023 |
53286 |
|
30/04/2023 |
53379 |
|
31/05/2023 |
54655 |
|
30/06/2023 |
55817 |
|
31/07/2023 |
57473 |
|
31/08/2023 |
56777 |
|
30/09/2023 |
58744 |
|
31/10/2023 |
59581 |
|
30/11/2023 |
58297 |
|
31/12/2023 |
58605 |
|
31/01/2024 |
58392 |
|
29/02/2024 |
55111 |
|
31/03/2024 |
51783 |
|
30/04/2024 |
47755 |
|
31/05/2024 |
45330 |
My Department regularly publishes information at County and Local Authority level on the gov.ie website (gov.ie - Accommodation of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) (www.gov.ie) ).
The Deputy may also be interested in the CSO series “Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland” (www.cso.ie/en/statistics/population/arrivalsfromukraineinireland/).
In relation to International Protection (IPs) applicants, the table below provides a breakdown on the number of people accommodated by International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) since January 2023 to May 2024 inclusive.
As of 2nd June 2024 there were over 31,000 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom 7,680 are children) compared with approximately 8,700 people at the end of February 2022.
|
Week Ending |
Occupancy |
|
29/01/2023 |
19635 |
|
26/02/2023 |
19936 |
|
26/03/2023 |
20304 |
|
30/04/2023 |
20322 |
|
28/05/2023 |
20910 |
|
25/06/2023 |
21573 |
|
30/07/2023 |
22478 |
|
27/08/2023 |
23194 |
|
24/09/2023 |
23983 |
|
29/10/2023 |
25019 |
|
26/11/2023 |
25823 |
|
31/12/2023 |
26279 |
|
28/01/2024 |
26823 |
|
25/02/2024 |
27696 |
|
31/03/2024 |
28478 |
|
28/04/2024 |
29456 |
|
26/05/2024 |
30757 |
Further breakdowns of the information gathered, are available at:
gov.ie - IPAS Statistics (www.gov.ie)
gov.ie - Accommodation of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) (www.gov.ie)
