Thread: The Department of Justice spent €131 million on providing accommodation to residents of direct provision last year. This is an account of exactly where that money went. Information was obtained under FOI by @RightToKnowIE:

The highest earners were Millstreet Equestrian Services. They received €11.6 million. They have provided accommodation at their Millstreet Centre in Cork and at other centres in Kerry, Tipperary, and Waterford:

The next highest earning firm was East Coast Catering Ltd. They received €11.1 million. They have provided accommodation at the Balseskin reception centre in North Dublin, and the now closed centre at Hatch Hall in Dublin city centre:

Third on the list was Mosney Holidays PLC. They were paid €10.8 million to provide accommodation at the former holiday camp in Co Meath. Their centre is the largest in the country and had a contracted capacity of 600 according to the latest detail published by Dept of Justice

Next is Fazyard Ltd, which was paid €7.93 million last year by the Dept of Justice. They have provided accommodation at the Clondalkin Towers Hotel centre and other locations. The Clondalkin centre is the largest in Dublin:

In fifth place were Bridgestock Care Ltd. They were paid €7.04 million last year and have run two centres in the west of Ireland:

Following them are Campbell Catering Ltd who received €6.5 million in payments from the Dept of Justice last year. They have provided services at the state-owned sites at Knockalisheen in Clare, Kinsale Road in Cork, and in Athlone, Co Westmeath:

Other significant payments from the Department of Justice included €2.9 million to Clayton Hotel Liffey Valley:

There was €700,341 to Maldron Hotel Limerick and just over €291,000 to Maldron Hotel Newlands Cross from the department last year:

Vesta Hotels, which operates the Grand Hotel in Wicklow, received €1.48 million from the Department of Justice in 2019, according to the records:

Clonea Strand Hotel in Waterford were paid €1.985 million last year for asylum seeker accommodation, support, and maintenance:

Travelodge were paid €1.68 million last year by the Department. From the records available to me at the moment, it's not clear what location this refers to:

D&A Pizzas, who run an accommodation centre in Co Cork, received just over €1.5 million for providing direct provision services last year:

Almost forgot Trenthall Ltd, which was paid €7.3 million by the department last year. It has been involved in providing emergency accommodation as per the following article: https://www.thejournal.ie/private-company-paid-e1-6-million-since-september-to-source-emergency-accommodation-for-asylum-seekers-4481336-Feb2019/

Another company that was paid a significant amount by the Department of Justice was Next Week & Co Limited. They received €4.5 million in payments last year:

This company Tulane Business Management Ltd was paid €3.49 million according to the database of department spending from last year:

Another company called Maplestar Ltd received €3.13 million from the Department of Justice for asylum seeker accommodation:

That's enough for now. If there are other specific companies you want information on, let me know and I will post them. Records obtained via @RightToKnowIE. For more on what we do, visit http://www.righttoknow.ie 

Some queries in relation to the IT spend. Here are the twenty largest payments. I could be wrong on this but I think some of the increased spend may relate to this project: http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/WP15000153