More than 200 recently arrived international protection applicants in Ireland are without State accommodation, according to the latest figures from the Department of Integration.
The Government ceased offering beds to all male International Protection Applicants on 4 December, citing a severe shortage of accommodation.
Since that announcement, 257 male International Protection Applicants have presented to the Department, with no accommodation provided to 207 of these people so far.
Last week, the Cabinet decided to increase the weekly payments for asylum seekers who are not offered accommodation by €75.
In total they will be provided with €113.50 per week for as long as they are left without accommodation.
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Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Chief Executive of the Irish Refugee Council Nick Henderson, said his organisation believes supports are not sufficient to meet people's needs.
"We believe that this situation is in contravention of Ireland's domestic and international European Union legal obligations to provide accommodation to international protection applicants when they arrive in Ireland," he said.
"If somebody arrives at the International Protection Office they are told that there is no accommodation.
"They would be given a leaflet, and that leaflet would direct them to different services within the city. Or it would state that there are services within the city.
"They would be given a voucher, that voucher is for €100 and then they would be begin the process of applying for a Personal Public Service (PPS) number.
"And when they receive the PPS number, they would be eligible to apply for the daily expenses allowance, usually €38.80, but has been increased to €113.80. And then they, as we understand, wouldn't get a sleeping bag at the International Protection Office.
"They may get a sleeping bag or even a tent at one of the day services that are on the leaflet that they are given."
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Mr Henderson said they have written to the Government numerous times in the last 18 months, drawing attention to poor conditions in locations including the City West Transit Hub and Kilbride Army camp.
"We hope that those conditions will be rectified as soon as possible," he said.
"In one case for example in City West, children were taken out after we had written to draw attention to the fact that children should not be in such an area.
"There's no doubt that there's huge problems in those types of accommodation."
But he said the council believes it is still safer than being on the streets.
"We've had at least 25 people come to our office in the last 10 days when they come to us, they do say that they feel unsafe," Mr Henderson said.
"We met with one man last week who was chased, he told us that he was chased in the city and had his shoes stolen from him."
Mr Henderson said his organisation is "working with people who are desperate, exhausted, moving around the city, trying to stay safe, sleeping in a location but being moved on".
He added that the situation has deteriorated since the riots in Dublin on 23 November.
