Direct Provision Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017

Monday, 11 September 2017

Questions (648)

Gerry Adams

Question:

648. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of private operators running direct provision centres; the number of centres each private operator runs; and the amount paid to each of these providers in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [38334/17]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality

All accommodation centres for those persons seeking protection, whether State-owned or privately owned, are operated by commercial companies. There are currently 32 accommodation centres being operated under the direct provision system. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to details of current centre location and contractor is set out in the table.

Contractors for Accommodation Centres

County	Centre	Address	Contractor	State or Privately Owner
Clare	Knockalisheen	Meelick	Campbell Catering t/a Aramark Ireland	State
Cork	Ashbourne House	Glounthaune	Barlow Properties	Private
	Kinsale Road	Cork City	Campbell Catering t/a Aramark Ireland	State
	Glenvera	Wellington Road	Bideau Ltd	Private
	Millstreet	Millstreet	Millstreet Equestrian Services	Private
	Clonakilty Lodge	Clonakilty	D and A Limited	Private
Dublin	The Towers	Ninth Lock Road, Clondalkin	Fazyard Limited	Private
	Georgian Court	77-79 Lower Gardiner Street	Old George Ltd	Private
	Hatch Hall	28 Lower Hatch Street	East Coast Catering (Ireland)	Private
	Balseskin	St. Margarets, Finglas, Dublin 11	East Coast Catering (Ireland)	Private
	Watergate House	11-14 Usher's Quay, Dublin 8	Maison Builders Ltd	Private
Galway	Eglinton	The Proms, Salthill	Maplestar Ltd	Private
	Great Western House	Eyre Square	Shaun Hennelly	Private
Kerry	Atlas House (Killarney)	Killarney	OFM Limited	State
	Atlas House (Tralee)	Tralee	OFM Limited	State
	Johnston Marina	Tralee	OFM Limited	State
	Park Lodge	Killarney	OFM Limited	State
Kildare	Eyrepowell	Newbridge	Peachport Ltd	Private
Laois	Montague	Emo	Fazyard Ltd	Private
Limerick	Hanratty's	Glentworth Street, Limerick	Birch Rentals Ltd	Private
	Mount Trenchard	Foynes	Baycaster Ltd	Private
Longford	Richmond Court	Richmond Street, Longford	Mint Horizon Ltd	Private
Louth	Carroll Village	Dundalk	East Coast Catering (Ireland)	Private
Mayo	The Old Convent	Ballyhaunis	Bridgestock	Private
Meath	Mosney	Mosney	Mosney PLC	Private
Monaghan	St. Patricks	Monaghan	Tattonward Ltd	Private
Sligo	Globe House	Chapel Hill	Bridgestock	Private
Waterford	Atlantic House	Tramore	Atlantic Blue Ltd	Private
	Ocean View	Tramore	Ocean View Accommodation Ltd	Private
	Birchwood	Ballytruckle Road	Stompool Ltd	Private
	Viking House	Coffee House Lane	Millstreet Equestrian Services	Private
Westmeath	Athlone	Athlone	Campbell Catering t/a Aramark Ireland	State

Since the start of 2016, 3 accommodation centres have been closed - The Staircase in Dublin, Bridgewater House in County Tipperary and Westbourne Lodge in County Limerick.

Extensive and detailed information on the amount paid by my Department to each company contracted to provide direct provision accommodation every year up to and including 2014 can be found on the RIA website www.ria.gov.ie under the 'Contract Values' section of the website. This is in accordance with the Reception & Integration Agency's policy on disclosure of financial information which was agreed with the Office of the Information Commissioner. The Deputy will appreciate that it is not appropriate to provide values for current contracts entered into by my Department. Negotiations take place with a number of commercial entities on an ongoing basis with a clear focus on achieving the best value for money in respect of each contract. It is not in the interests of yielding best value for the taxpayer that details of current individual contracts are made available to other commercial bodies who are, or may be in the future, engaged in these negotiations.