Tented accommodation for asylum seekers will be provided at Thornton Hall in the very near future, the Department of Integration has confirmed.
The Department said it is working with the Irish Prison Service and the Department of Justice to use a portion of the 160-acre site for this emergency accommodation.
Earlier, the Taoiseach said the site in north Dublin would be a "logical" location to provide large-scale tented accommodation for those seeking international protection.
Simon Harris said it was a matter for the Department of Integration to bring forward specific proposals for the site, which encompasses more than 160 acres, and could take up to four weeks to prepare.
He said the provision of State accommodation remains "extremely challenging" but that the Government "would get on top" of the issue.
Mr Harris added that there needs to be an understanding that the short-term solution would be to provide tented accommodation on State-owned land.
He said immigration was a good thing for the country, but said Ireland has a system that was used to processing around 3,500 applications and that it will now process around 20,000 this year.
Govt to provide tents at Thornton Hall in 'near future'
Tented accommodation for asylum seekers will be provided at Thornton Hall in the very near future, the Department of Integration has confirmed.