Dídean Portlaoise
Scattered own-door houses and apartments across Portlaoise, Co. Laois (9 units; 34 residents in Sep 2025), run by Dídean as a pilot to move families out of conventional direct provision. Individual addresses are unpublished for privacy; the pin is the town centre.
Capacity
34
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€1.0m
estimated
Background
The site is at Own-door units across Portlaoise, Co. Laois (addresses unpublished). 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.
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 34 people reported here imply roughly €1.0m 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
HIQA · Sep 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.