The daily average spend of €2.75m per day in accommodating IP applicants is revealed in new figures provided by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Norma Foley TD.
In the figures provided to Peadar Tóibín TD they show that the spend of €1.005bn last year was a 54pc increase on the €651.75m paid out in 2023 on IP applicants.
Minister Foley revealed since the start of 2019, the State has spent €2.5bn in accommodating IP applicants and the spend of €1bn last year is a multiple of the €129m paid out in 2019.
Minister Foley told Deputy Tóibín that the average daily cost of accommodating individual IP applicants in 2024 was €84 and this…