Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2025
209. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed, respectively, in each local election area, as of 31 January 2025, in tabular form. [3837/25]
View answerThank you for your question, Deputy.
The number of people fleeing the war in Ukraine who are Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BoTP) and number of people applying for international protection (IP) by local electoral area is set out in the tables at the link below.
This data refers to accommodation supported or provided by this Department.
While it is useful to review information published by the State on how many people are in State-supported accommodation, and where they are located, it should also be noted that distribution of accommodation options across the country has evolved in what has been a rapid and often crisis response to the needs of both groups of people.
Since 2022, over 100,000 people have arrived in Ireland fleeing the war in Ukraine, and numbers of people arriving in Ireland applying for international protection have increased sharply. As a result of these arrivals, pressure on accommodation has been significant, and the Department has had to consider all offers of suitable, available accommodation.
As the need for Ukraine State-supported accommodation reduces steadily, and the State progresses its strategy to develop more State-owned international protection accommodation, over time, it is also intended that greater control and planning can be brought to bear over the dispersal and distribution of arrivals across areas and locations.
The CSO publishes regular updates in their series "Arrivals from Ukraine" which provides a range of maps and datasets based on anonymised data from a number of Government Departments and State bodies and includes information on the location of people who are BoTPs (not just those in State supported accommodation):
www.cso.ie/en/statistics/population/arrivalsfromukraineinireland/
IPAS also publishes weekly and monthly reports on gov.ie in relation to international protection applicants. This includes a per county breakdown of where IP applicants are residing. These statistics are also published at:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/07027-ipas-statistics/
Table: Numbers of BoTPs and international protection applicants in DCEDIY supported accommodation by Local Electoral Area
I trust this information is helpful to the Deputy.
