Concerns had been raised by local residents about the move.
Plans to accommodate asylum seekers in a midlands village have been scrapped.
Earlier this year, residents of Castletown Geoghegan raised concerns the village wouldn't be able to cope with an influx of refugees, which would've seen its population doubled.
A local group believed vital services would have been overwhelmed by the move.
But, the Integration Minister, Roderic O'Gorman, has confirmed plans to accommodate International Protection Applicants in the village will no longer be proceeding.
The provider of an accommodation centre in Castletown Geoghegan withdrew their proposal.
In a statement to Midlands 103, Longford Westmeath TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Foreign Affairs and at the Department of Defence, Peter Burke, says:
"Further to ongoing discussions and engagement with my office, the Minister For Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Rodric O’Gorman has confirmed to me this morning that the plans to house International Protection applicants in Castletown Geoghegan will no longer be going ahead."
The Department of Integration says:
“The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is currently not considering this property as an accommodation centre. The provider that had offered the property has withdrawn their proposal.”
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