Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
2:00 am
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
The Minister said that around 5,000 people remain in accommodation after they were supposed to leave. I have come across quite a few people in my own work locally who are occupying IPAS accommodation and working full time. Of course, finding a rental property is the big question for a lot of them, particularly in urban environments. What is the plan for those 5,000 people? We looked at modular accommodation in Mahon in the Taoiseach's constituency but that cost nearly €400,000 per unit. That is not practical in the emergency situation in which we still find ourselves.
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