Séamus McEnaney firm receives €15.78m in State ‘direct provision’ payments

Figures show five companies were paid €64m for accommodating asylum seekers

Séamus McEnaney: Sum paid to Brimwood Ltd was the highest amount paid out to any single company by the State last year for accommodating asylum seekers. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

Séamus McEnaney: Sum paid to Brimwood Ltd was the highest amount paid out to any single company by the State last year for accommodating asylum seekers. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

A company controlled by Monaghan GAA football manager Seamus “Banty” McEnaney last year received €15.78 million in State payments for accommodating asylum seekers.

The €15.78 million paid out to Mr McEnaney’s Brimwood Ltd, which includes VAT, was the highest amount paid out to any single company by the State last year for accommodating asylum seekers.

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