Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 January 2026
136. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently living in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/26]
View answer137. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons that have been accommodated in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive since this scheme was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6942/26]
View answer138. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons accommodated in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive which have since formally left the State and withdrawn from this support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6943/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 136, 137 and 138 together.
Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection hold temporary permission to remain in Ireland, renewable annually for as long as the Directive remains in force.
On 15 July 2025, the Justice and Home Affairs Council extended Temporary Protection by a year until March 2027, providing certainty for beneficiaries who can continue to avail of the protections that the Directive provides.
As of 25 January 2026, a total of 124,641 individuals were granted Temporary Protection by my Department. Of these 4,761 have voluntarily withdrawn from Temporary Protection which involves returning the original Temporary Protection Certificate. Over 94,000 people have been provided with access to accommodation.
All accommodation contracted by my Department is temporary in nature and subject to change, and people are advised of this when requesting access to temporary accommodation.
As of 26 January 2026, almost 19,700 are currently in State-supported accommodation. Of these, 186 people are staying in time-bound Designated Accommodation Centres.
In addition, as of the same date, there were almost 23,500 active Accommodation Recognition Payment claims in payment in respect of persons hosting approx. 42,000 beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine.
As there are no routine exit checks on people leaving the State it is not possible to say how many beneficiaries of temporary protection have left Ireland in total. However, the Deputy may also wish to be aware that the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has a publication which focuses on the estimated number of Ukrainians present in the country and can be accessed here: www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/fp/p-aui/arrivalsfromukraineinirelandseries17/.
*Figures are correct at the time of issue but may be subject to data cleansing.
