Government to lose access to 800 hotel rooms for emergency accommodation this week

Emergency accommodation supply is set to be further constricted with the loss of access to hotel rooms. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnew.ie

The Government expects to lose access to some 800 hotel rooms this week, further constricting emergency accommodation supply as more than 400 international protection applicants are already homeless.

Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman said that he "regrettably" expects to see the number of people seeking international protection who are homeless rise further.