Almost €1 billion was paid to commercial operators to provide accommodation services to asylum seekers last year, the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has disclosed.
The bill for private accommodation for an estimated 33,000 people seeking international protection in Ireland last year was €978 million, Oonagh McPhillips, secretary general of the department, has stated in a letter to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Responding to a series of queries from the Oireachtas spending watchdog about the costs of accommodation, Ms McPhillips said the average cost was €82 pe
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