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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, May 12, 2025
QUESTION NO. 9
QUESTION: Councillor P. Holohan
To ask the Chief Executive how many IPAS applicants, per year over the last 5 years, have been accommodated in the south Dublin county area.
REPLY:
International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) provides accommodation to people who have applied for international protection. It arranges accommodation and co-ordinates other services (including health, social services, welfare and education) for asylum seekers and people who have international protection.
The council does not collate statistics in relation to the number of IPAS applicants resident in the county. The functions in relation to IPAS accommodation services transferred from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth to the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on the 1st May 2025.