A COMPANY has been paid over €89m by the State in a decade to provide accommodation to asylum seekers.
The Co Meath-based Mosney firm received the payment for providing accommodation for asylum seekers at the former holiday camp at Mosney, which can house 600 people. The firm is led by Co Louth businessman Phelim McCloskey.
In new information provided to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan (Independent), Justice Minister Alan Shatter said the State had paid €655.5m to firms and individuals to provide accommodation to asylum seekers between 2000 and 2010.
The figures show that along with Mosney, three other firms received payments of over €40m during that period.
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The Co Meath-based Mosney firm received the payment for providing accommodation for asylum seekers at the former holiday camp at Mosney, which can house 600 people. The firm is led by Co Louth businessman Phelim McCloskey.
In new information provided to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan (Independent), Justice Minister Alan Shatter said the State had paid €655.5m to firms and individuals to provide accommodation to asylum seekers between 2000 and 2010.
The figures show that along with Mosney, three other firms received payments of over €40m during that period.
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