Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

The Department has written to me three times about the Oldcastle House Hotel in Oldcastle, County Meath. It is a 12-bedroom hotel. The Department has said that while it received a request with regard to accommodation, it is no longer considering it. The people who own the hotel have IPAS centres throughout the country. A meeting has been organised in Oldcastle for tomorrow night by concerned residents about losing the only hotel in the town to an IPAS centre. Will the Minister rule this out and state categorically that the Oldcastle House Hotel, regardless of whether its name is changed, will not be used as an IPAS centre today or in the future?