Number of asylum-seekers without accommodation breaches 500

The International Protection Accommodation Service (Ipas) announced it could no longer accommodate all IPAs last month 'due to a severe shortage'. File picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The number of international protection applicants (IPAs) without State-provided accommodation has breached 500 in just over one month, according to latest figures from the Department of Integration.

Since December 4, 659 new arrivals have not been accommodated at one stage, with 80 of these being subsequently offered accommodation after being triaged for vulnerabilities. Another 67 have since been offered accommodation.