Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2026
761. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update and publish the Inspection Reports of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Louth for 2025, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6334/26]
View answerAll 312 International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation centres are subject to routine inspections and compliance checks, either by Department officials, by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), or through IPAS-commissioned inspections. These inspections are fully transparent and published online regularly.
The European Communities (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 commenced in early 2024 and provide for HIQA to conduct inspections of certain accommodation centres contracted by the Department.
In addition to HIQA's inspections of permanent centres, IPAS carries out inspections of emergency accommodation centres. These centres are primarily those brought into operation during a significant surge in applications from 2022 to 2024.
Inspection reports for IPAS accommodation centres in County Louth for the first three quarters of 2025 have been published and are available on the following link: [Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Louth 2025]
The Department is currently finalising reports for Q4 2025, which cover two additional properties in the county. These will be published in due course.
In relation to the specific property mentioned, this facility operates as a ‘transit hub’ rather than a standard international protection accommodation centre. As such, it was not subject to the standard inspection schedule during 2025. However, an inspection of this facility is scheduled to take place in early 2026.
Reports of IPAS inspections are available online on gov.ie. at the following link:
HIQA inspection reports can be found on the HIQA website:
