Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2024
932. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of persons exiting IPAS accommodation, by year from 2021-2022, and by month from January 2023 to October 2024, in tabular form. [44573/24]
View answer934. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that exited IPAS accommodation each month from December 2022 to September 2024, in tabular form. [44575/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 932 and 934 together.
Currently, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is providing accommodation to over 32,000 people.
Of the approximately 32,000 residents in IPAS accommodation, 5,296 had been granted permission to remain in Ireland as of 30 September 2024 and, as such, are no longer in the International Protection (IP) process.
Where a person progresses through the application and review process and receives a grant of status or permission to remain in Ireland, their status in terms of access to housing becomes the same as other people living in Ireland and Irish citizens.
All those with IP/Permission to Remain are written to once status has been granted and are advised that given their progress through the IP process, they will need to seek alternative accommodation. They are supported to register with a Local Authority and, if required, avail of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) to secure alternative accommodation.
A specific Transition team works in collaboration with Depaul Ireland, the Peter McVerry Trust, and Local Authorities to support residents with status to move on from IPAS accommodation.
Please see below the numbers of people with status exiting IPAS accommodation in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date:
|
Year |
People with Status exiting IPAS Accommodation |
|
2021 |
919 |
|
2022 |
733 |
|
2023 |
2,002 |
|
2024 |
3,877 to date |
Please see below the numbers of people with status exiting IPAS accommodation by month since December 2022:
|
Month |
People with Status exiting IPAS Accommodation |
|
Dec-22 |
59 |
|
Jan-23 |
97 |
|
Feb-23 |
118 |
|
Mar-23 |
162 |
|
Apr-23 |
150 |
|
May-23 |
197 |
|
Jun-23 |
200 |
|
Jul-23 |
162 |
|
Aug-23 |
142 |
|
Sep-23 |
135 |
|
Oct-23 |
130 |
|
Nov-23 |
331 |
|
Dec-23 |
178 |
|
Jan-24 |
477 |
|
Feb-24 |
357 |
|
Mar-24 |
363 |
|
Apr-24 |
475 |
|
May-24 |
463 |
|
Jun-24 |
475 |
|
Jul-24 |
580 |
|
Aug-24 |
393 |
|
Sep-24 |
294 |
