The evidence library
Explore Ireland’s immigration figures, accommodation payments and policy decisions. Find the evidence behind our analysis, what it establishes and what remains unresolved.
Featured investigation
Published 6 September 2026 · Payment period: 2025
Follow the official payment lists, explore provider profiles and examine the gaps in the records. IPAS and Ukrainian accommodation figures are presented separately.
Follow a question through the public record.
Named convictions, the documented case histories and the questions they raise for enforcement.
The documented protection order, accommodation transfer and response to a death in Clifden.
Planning questions, the public record and the contract arrangements behind accommodation provision.
Published eligibility rules, grant programmes and the missing evidence about commercial outcomes.
Official figures with their definitions and coverage periods.
Complete data index ↗Orders signed, orders issued and recorded removals are distinct stages. Compare the available series.
Monthly counts of adults in emergency accommodation, separated by citizenship group.
Monthly arrivals into International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS), not the resident migrant population.
Published payments above the disclosure threshold, with the limits of the supplier totals explained.
International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) records. Appeal counts are not unique applicant counts.
Counts of registered recipients by nationality category, with the distinction from unemployment rates.
Personal Public Service Number allocations by nationality and month. Registration does not establish immigration status.
Recipient-instances across schemes, with the limits on comparisons between population groups.
Understand the legal choices and the arguments for change.
Examine Denmark’s approach to asylum, the legal mechanisms and the implications for Ireland.
Return hubs, detention rules and Ireland’s opt-in question, with the supporting legal and policy sources.
How appeals and judicial review shape the protection process, with definitions and interpretation limits.
The treaty opt-in arrangements and the argument about Ireland’s participation in EU migration policy.
How to read official statistics, check legislation and trace a claim to its source.
A practical method for checking Acts, amendments and commencement status.
A repeatable method for checking CSO tables, definitions, units and revisions.
A source test for separating policy, Bills, enacted law and administrative practice.
A transparent method for corrections, source revisions and material clarifications.
How to locate and cite parliamentary records without losing date or speaker context.