Housing difficulties after asylum granted

The numbers who have been granted asylum here but remain in State-funded direct provision centres has soared by almost 50% to 591 in the past 16 months.

The non-Irish nationals are remaining in the 34-strong network of centres in 17 counties as they have been unable to find suitable or affordable accommodation outside the system.

As a result, the numbers with status at 591 represent 11% of the 5,442 people in direct provision centres currently. The overall numbers in direct provision has increased by 22% from 4,463 since March 2017.