An operation began early this morning to take down over 100 tents and move the men from the city centre to tented, State accommodation sites in Crooksling and Dundrum in Dublin.
Some residents in IPAS tented accommodation have indicated they would prefer to take up an increased weekly allowance payment totalling €113.80.
That's according to a notice posted at an IPAS centre in the capital.
The notice stated that any applicant who wished to voluntarily depart IPAS tented accommodation during the current accommodation shortage would be eligible to receive an increase to their daily expense allowance.
The top up would amount to €75 extra per week, bringing the total payment to €113.80 per week.
The notices also stated that when the capacity shortage has passed, a new offer of accommodation will be made to those who take up the option.
"This offer will not be to tented accommodation, but will be for standard accommodation," it stated.
Minister for Social Protection and Fine Gael deputy leader Heather Humphreys said that the poster was put up "inadvertently".
The notice was heavily criticised in the Dail yesterday.
It's understood that the notice was posted at the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) tented accommodation at the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum.
According to the Department of Integration, it was intended that residents at CMH who could secure accommodation independently through the increased Expense Allowance were encouraged to do so. The move aimed to expand capacity within IPAS centers for incoming international protection applicants.
Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the sign does not reflect IPAS policy and requested that it be taken down.
Earlier today, a number of asylum seekers pitched tents on a grass area near the East Link Toll Bridge in Ringsend.
However, within an hour, a number of locals who live nearby told the migrants that they were not welcome in the area.
When the asylum seekers refused to leave, some locals tried to forcibly remove the tents.
The asylum seekers then left the area.
It follows the dismantling of an encampment along the Grand Canal in Dublin.
An operation began early this morning to take down over 100 tents and move the men from the city centre to tented, State accommodation sites in Crooksling and Dundrum in Dublin.
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