Forty international protection applicants who have been living in a tent on the site of a direct provision centre in Tralee, Co Kerry, since July are currently being moved to alternative accommodation.
The group had been living in the tent for more than 15 weeks.
A spokesperson for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth confirmed that 20 of the men were moved out of the tent yesterday, and the remaining 20 were being moved out today.
They were moved from the Citywest transit hub to the tented facility in Tralee on 28 July and remained there since.
The spokesperson said that the International Protection Accommodation Service is also "working with accommodation providers to source alternative accommodation" for the more than 270 asylum seekers who are currently living in tents on the sites of direct provision centres in Co Westmeath and Co Clare.
In September 104 international protection applicants were moved into tents erected on the site of the Knockalisheen Direct Provision Centre in Co Clare and 175 were moved into tents at the Lissywollen Direct Provision Centre site in Athlone in Co Westmeath.
The spokesperson said there were no plans "to move any additional international protection applicants in to tented accommodation".
Co-ordinator for the Tralee International Resource Centre, which was providing support to the men during their stay in the Kerry town, welcomed news that they were being moved "especially as the cold weather hits."
Mary Carroll said that while she could understand the use of tents in "in emergency situations" this could be only for "a very short time, (a few) days to a week."
"The men in Tralee were there since the end of July, 15 weeks, which is unacceptably long," Ms Carroll said.
"We were happy to support the asylum seekers as best we could with any of their issues while they were here, and we got to know many of them. We wish them all the very best on their next steps and hope everything works out for them," Ms Carroll said.
In October the Irish Refugee Council cited "the use of tents" as part of what it described as "plummeting standards in accommodation" for intentional protection applicants and said it was "extremely concerned".
