IRELAND: Council Says NO FIRE CERT For Citywest IPAS Asylum Hub

South Dublin County Council confirmed no Fire Safety Certificate exists for the Citywest Convention Centre—currently used as an IPAS transit hub—since Jan 1, 2022, despite a separate fire risk assessment. Officials offered conflicting statements, and FOI exchanges show limited responses from authorities. The report notes that a fire risk assessment does not replace a Fire Safety Certificate and that a material change of use to sleeping accommodation requires building control certification. Citing the Comptroller and Auditor General, it situates Citywest within a broader pattern of non-compliance across Ireland’s IPAS centres.