Cost of housing refugees in private accommodation three times that of State-run facilities

Average cost per night in private accommodation centres is €76 per night, compared with the €30 paid per bed per night in State-run accommodation, Dáil committee told

The D Hotel in Drogheda was signed over for asylum seeker accommodation without prior notice being given to local representatives. Picture: Leon Farrell/ RollingNews.ie

The average cost for a bed for either asylum seekers or Ukrainian refugees in privately operated accommodation is nearly three times that paid for the same bed in a State-run location, it has emerged.

The Department of Integration said the average cost per night in the roughly 180 private accommodation centres around the country is €76 per night.