Balseskin Reception Centre
Ireland's national reception centre for newly arrived international protection applicants, on St Margaret's Road, Finglas, near Dublin Airport (537 places; 264 occupied in Sep 2020). Much of its transit/reception role shifted to the Citywest hub from 2022.
Capacity
537
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€16.5m
estimated
Background
The site is at Balseskin Reception Centre, St Margaret's Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. Irish international protection accommodation is provided through IPAS (the International Protection Accommodation Service), under the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. For how the system works and what it costs, open the cost panel on the interactive map with Ireland selected.
Incidents & reporting
Only events reported by named outlets and explicitly tied to this site are listed. Charges are allegations, not convictions — the presumption of innocence applies.
- Feb 2013Reported — residents were victims
Residents targeted in attacks
Residents reported a series of attacks with heavy objects thrown from passing cars — at least four suspected racially-motivated attacks in early 2013, with one resident hospitalised. The residents were the victims; no charges were reported.
Institute of Race Relations · source
Cost
Irish IPAS accommodation is funded by the State. At a blended benchmark of about €84 per person per night (the 2024 whole-system average reported by RTÉ), the 537 people reported here imply roughly €16.5m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice — over 90% of IPAS accommodation is commercially provided and emergency rates run far above State-owned centres.
Sources
AIDA / Asylum Information Database · 2020. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.