Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2025
207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of the provision of IPAS accommodation to the State in each year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3820/25]
View answerSince 2021, there has been a sudden and sustained increase in numbers of people applying for International Protection in Ireland, and in other EU Member States.
This increase happened at the same time as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the EU Temporary Protection Directive, which saw over 113,000 people from Ukraine come to live in Ireland. Amid a basic shortage of accommodation across society, these changes have placed profound and sustained pressure on the Department’s work to source viable accommodation for new arrivals over the last two years.
Ireland has seen a sharp increase in the number of people applying for international protection since 2022 and our Department provides accommodation for almost 33,000 international protection applicants today, about 9,000 of whom are children with their families.
Providing reception conditions – accommodation and other basic supports – to people seeking international protection is part of Irish and EU law and is also part of our humanitarian duty to provide shelter to people fleeing war and persecution in their home country.
The costs outlined below pertain to accommodation for IP applicants, including transport, facilities management, utilities and other related costs.
Please see, in tabular format, the total spend of IPAS accommodation, noting the 2024 figure is provisional pending completion of the 2024 Appropriation Accounts.
|
2019 |
€129.408,000 |
|
2020 |
€183,215,000 |
|
2021 |
€190,856,000 |
|
2022 |
€356,554,000 |
|
2023 |
€651,756,000 |
|
2024 |
€1.005 billion |
I trust this information is helpful.
