Received
Decided 14 September 2022
Part-Granted
Request Reference FOI-0086-2022
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all internal Department reports or memos on updates/developments related to the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service between 1/5/2022 and 8/6/2022. Copies of all correspondence to/from Minister Roderic O'Gorman and Secretary Kevin McCarthy on the topic of the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service between 1/5/2022 and 8/6/2022; A list of properties acquired to date as part of plans to end direct provision; A list of properties in the acquisition process as part of plans to end direct; The number of people seeking international protection who have been provided with own-door accommodation to date. The current number of people in Direct Provision and emergency accommodation. A breakdown of the nationalities (and number of people from each nationality) of the people currently in Direct Provision and emergency accommodation.