Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average cost per person per night to accommodate individuals at the IPAS centre at Richmond Street, Dublin 1. [22593/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Payment details for IPAS accommodation centres are deemed confidential and commercially sensitive. It would not serve the public interest to divulge payment rates to contractors for services as it could prejudice the Department's negotiating position to deliver value for money with respect to other accommodation providers and locations.

Details of the amounts paid to the contractors for 2021 are published at the following location www.gov.ie/en/publication/3eef8-contract-values/ however the IPAS Centre in Richmond St, Dublin 1 only came into operation in mid November 2022.