Nearly two-thirds of all the payments, in total €1.44 million, were made to individuals that had retired from the civil service or the public sector.

The chief executive of Doras expressed concern that if the 90-day limit on accommodation is imposed, it would drive people into homelessness

According to the Minister for Integration, Roderic O’Gorman, the spend by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) on accommodation services is €617m for the year to November 24th.