Report finds unvetted staff and overcrowding in asylum seeker accommodation

Tented accommodation for international protection applicants on the site of the former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

More than half of accommodation centres for asylum seekers which were inspected last year did not have effective governance systems in place, according to a report.

In addition, more than a third did not have policies or procedures to protect residents from harm while 35% of staff across centres were not appropriately vetted by gardai.