Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the direct provision centres that have recently closed or are due to close before the end of 2018; the reason each of these centres closed or is due to close; the name of the company and or person that RIA had the contract for the provision of services at these centres; if RIA expects further closures or non-renewals of contracts into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/18]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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To date in 2018, two Accommodation Centres for persons in the protection process have closed. Georgian Court, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 closed in February 2018 and Watergate House, Dublin 8 closed in June 2018. The Contractor for Georgian Court  was Old George Limited and the Contractor for Watergate House was Maison Builders Limited. In both cases, the contracts reached the end of the relevant contractual period.

The Department has been informed by the Contractor for the Towers Accommodation Centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 by letter received on the 3rd October 2018 that they will not be seeking to renew the contract which expires in December 2018. The Deputy will appreciate that discussions between the contractor and Officials from the Department are on-going with the welfare of the residents at the centre of those discussions.

My Department is not aware of any other centres that plan to close.  Equally it is not aware of any centres that plan either not to seek a renewal of their contract or to compete in a public procurement competition to provide accommodation and ancillary services to persons in the protection process.