Hiqa report shows non-compliance at two IPAS centres

Hiqa's headquarters in Dublin. The four centres reviewed by Hiqa which displayed no non-compliances against standards were: Cuirt Uisce Accommodation Centre, Davis Lane Apartments, Glenvera Hotel, and Ocean View House. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Inspectors found areas of an asylum seeker centre in Kerry to be unclean, littered with broken furniture, and unsafe for use by residents.

The most recent reports by the State's health regulator Hiqa, into the standards of accommodation for international protection seekers, formerly known as direct provision, show that two of the six centres inspected presented “varying levels of compliance” in terms of acceptable standards.