Housing
State spends more in last two years housing migrants than in previous two decades
A Business Post investigation reveals that €2 billion has been spent between 2021 and mid-2023, compared to €1.7 billion from 1999 to 2020
The state has spent almost €2 billion on housing asylum seekers and Ukrainians in just two-and-a-half years, eclipsing its equivalent spend in the previous two decades combined, the Business Post can reveal.
The cost of accommodation and services rocketed from 2021 onwards with the total €1.87 billion outlay surging past the state’s €1.67 billion spend on direct provision between 1999 and the end of 2020.
The Business Post’s investigation lays bare the scale of the ...
