A company controlled by a GAA manager last year received €15.78million for accommodating asylum seekers.
Seamus “Banty” McEnaney’s Brimwood Ltd, secured the highest amount paid out to any single company by the Irish Government.
The Monaghan football boss’s company was the only firm to receive fees in excess of €15million with four others receiving payments of more than €10million.
The top five paid firms shared a combined €64million.
Mr McEnaney, 53, operates the Westenra Arms Hotel in Monaghan. Brimwood received the pay for eight properties in counties Monagan, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Dublin with a combined capacity of 496 in 2020.
A spokesman for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth confirmed planning is well advanced on purchasing property.
It is also developing a system of income support for international protection applicants and the integration support system that will apply in a new system that is to replace Direct Provision.
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