Sinn Féin calls for urgent review of IPAS following closure of 12 centres this year

Sinn Féin justice spokesman Matt Carthy said he wants to see 'what checks and balances' are in place to ensure international protection applicants are receiving services they are entitled to. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

Sinn Féin has called on the Government to begin an "urgent review" of contracts for the international protection accommodation service (IPAS), after 12 centres were closed in the first seven months of the year.

Matt Carthy, the party's justice spokesman, said the Government must be transparent on the provision of "IPAS and Ukrainian accommodation, the extortionate prices being paid, the fact that a small number of people have become millionaires and how in some cases people and companies with no track record have secured lucrative contracts".