More than 1 billion euro was spent accommodating International Protection Applicants last year.
It's a 54 percent increase on the amount spent in 2023, which was 651 million euro.
The State is currently accommodating around 33 thousand International Protection Applicants, 9 thousand of whom are children.
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Aontú Leader Peader Tóibín says the government needs to speed up its promise on State provision of accommodation.