As part of its annual review of Government spending published last week, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) looked at the 326 accommodation centres the Government paid to house asylum seekers.
The State’s financial watchdog picked 20 properties that had agreements to provide accommodation. These ranged from hotels and apartment complexes to guest houses and dormitories. They were paid between €40 and €170 per person daily by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS).
The C&AG visited 12 of these and reviewed the files on the remainder and found the following:
Only one provider could provide proof they legally owned the building in question;
Only nine of them had fire certificates, but none of the certificates
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