The area covered by the Dublin 4 postcode is home to just six of the 7,772 International Protection applicants being accommodated by the State in the capital.
Figures provided by the Minister for Integration, Roderic O’Gorman show nationally 21,387 IP applicants are being housed by the International Protection Accommodation Services.
The new figures provided to Deputy Neasa Hourigan in a written Dail reply show that Dublin 4 is home to the least number of IP applicants in the capital.
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The total of six compares to 589 for Dublin 1 which covers much of the north inner city and 581 for Dublin 3 which includes East Wall, Clontarf and Fairview.
The most populous area for refugees in the capital’s postcode, Dublin 22 is 1,780 IP applicants and the Dublin 22 area covers Clondalkin, Liffey Valley, Newcastle and Neilstown. Dublin 6 is home to 114 applicants, Dublin 8 – 211, Dublin 2 – 319, Dublin 5 – 56, Dublin 9 – 187, Dublin 11 – 287, Dublin 14 – 193, Dublin 15 – 411, Dublin 16 – 31 and Dublin 24 – 293. 1,783 IP applicants are in north county Dublin with 931 in south county Dublin. Labour Party leader and a TD for Dublin Bay South, Deputy Ivana Bacik said she has “advocated a NPHET-style approach to providing housing for refugees”.
She added: “In Dublin 4, I have also suggested conversion of the Jury’s Hotel in Ballsbridge and the Baggot Street Hospital into accommodation.”
The Department of Integration said the International Protection Procurement Service is responsible for the procurement of sites for use by IPAS.
A spokesman revealed that “the IPPS has received limited offers of accommodation in Dublin 4.
“However, the department welcomes offers from this area should a provider offer a suitable premises”.
