Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2005
361 Mr. Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties the Government bought for refugees and asylum seekers; if these properties are still in their possession; if he will consider putting the homeless into any of these vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29204/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Commissioners of Public Works, acting on behalf of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, purchased the following properties for the accommodation of asylum seekers: Broc House, Nutley Lane, Dublin 4; Parnell West Hotel, Parnell Square, Dublin 1; Park Lodge Hotel, Killarney; Atlas House, Tralee; Atlas House, Killarney; Cork Airport Hotel, Kinsale, County Cork; Johnston Marina Hotel, Tralee; Lynch's Lodge, Macroom; the Deveraux Hotel and Bungalow, Rosslare Harbour and Ionad Follain, Myshall, County Carlow.
Of the above properties, Broc House has been transferred to the affordable housing initiative; Lynch's Lodge hotel is scheduled for sale on 24 November 2005 and Parnell West Hotel will be disposed of on the open market in the near future.
