834. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IPAS inspection of Dolcain House accommodation centre, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 (report reference IPPSI0073) has been carried out since the most recently published inspection report dated 1 August 2025; if so, the date on which any such inspection was carried; when the resulting report will be published; if not, when the next inspection of the centre is scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64559/26]

All IPAS accommodation centres are inspected each year, either by HIQA, by Department officials, or by external inspectors commissioned by the Department. The inspection regime, along with a range of other key quality and compliance actions, has been stepped up over the last year, as the Department works to improve standards and value for money across the IPAS system.

The inspections examine the quality of the accommodation services, looking at food quality, fire safety, appropriate signage and information for residents, the condition of communal areas and sleeping quarters and adherence to hygiene and other health and safety measures. Centres are inspected at intervals every year and all inspections are unannounced. These inspections also check on whether centres are fulfilling their overall contractual obligations. Inspection reports are published either on HIQA.ie or gov.ie.

Where any centre, following an inspection, has areas of partial or non-compliance identified, a bespoke compliance plan is agreed, noting the specific and time-bound measures which will be taken in order to ensure full compliance.

Since the most recent published inspection report (August 2025) at the centre referenced, Department officials conducted a targeted follow-up visit to the centre in March 2026.

Follow-up inspections are targeted oversight activities undertaken to assess specific matters and do not constitute full routine inspections. Accordingly, they do not give rise to a standard inspection report and, in line with established practice, reports arising from such visits are not published.

The next routine inspection of this centre is scheduled to take place before the end of 2026. As inspections are conducted on an unannounced basis to support effective oversight, the precise date of the inspection is not disclosed in advance. Following completion of the inspection, any report arising will be processed and published in accordance with the Department's established inspection reporting and publication procedures.

The Department remains committed to the ongoing monitoring and oversight of accommodation centres to help ensure that appropriate standards are maintained across the International Protection Accommodation Service estate.