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.
