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Inspections Of Centres Housing International Protection Applicants Found Various Levels Of Non-Compliance

Visits were completed in eight centres, across seven counties.

Inspections of centres housing international protection applicants found various levels of non-compliance.

Visits to eight centres, across seven counties, revealed some examples of good practice, but also varying levels of non-compliance and partial-compliance in some areas.

The inspections, by HIQA, found examples of non-compliance in the areas of staff vetting, emergency planning, and preparedness and safeguarding.

CEO of migrant rights group Doras, John Lannon says State-provided accommodation should be up to a proper standard.

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