The current owners of Citywest received €51 million from the State for the first nine months of last year for use of the facility.

Minister Jim O’Callaghan said Ireland is currently accommodating almost 33,000 people seeking international protection

However, the overall spend in accommodating Ukrainians and IP applicants was down sharply on 2023.

Some of the centres had not attained the appropriate An Garda Síochána vetting.

A judicial review hearing has been granted to the man who claims to have been homeless and sleeping rough since he arrived in this country in March last year