€160k tender to help Ipas assess asylum seekers’ transfer requests

The International Protection Accommodation Service receives an average of around 8-10 applications to change accommodation on medical grounds per week. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews

The Department of Justice is to spend up to €160,000 to assess whether requests from asylum seekers to transfer accommodation on medical grounds are “warranted or necessary”.

It is seeking a company to provide “impartial medical opinion” to help assess the claims, which average at around 8-10 per week.