International Protection Act 2026
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National Standards and monitoring of accommodation | ||
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92. (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of Article 31 of the Reception Conditions Directive, set standards for accommodation offered to people in the international protection process and shall publish those standards on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister. | ||
(2) The monitoring body shall, for the purposes of Article 31 of the Reception Conditions Directive— | ||
(a) monitor compliance by service providers with the National Standards in so far as they relate to accommodation centres, | ||
(b) advise the Minister as to the level of compliance by service providers with the National Standards in so far as they relate to accommodation centres, and | ||
(c) provide, in accordance with section 97 , a report of each inspection of an accommodation centre to the Minister. | ||
(3) The monitoring body shall be independent in the performance of its functions. |