The annual Bill for Direct Provision has grown from € 50 million in 2017 to € 120 million this year with the number of asylum applications up 40% on last year . ALAN HYDE’S PROVISION CENTRE. Director and co-owner of the company Alan Hyde (pictured) wasn’t available at his home when the Sunday World called, but he answered questions via email. That was one of the key points made by the protestors during their peaceful action at the Direct Provision centre on the Dunmore Road last week. ... “The length of time residents are in direct provision is related to the legal profession, who keep the asylum seekers in … Research in 2015 by the Cork branch of Anti-Deportation Ireland established that the Alan Hyde-linked companies had in the past been involved in two further DP centre contracts: for the An Poc Fada DP centre at Cobh from 2001 to 2010; and the Sarsfield Bridge Hotel DP centre, Sarsfield, Limerick, between 2008 and 2010. It received € 8.6 million from the state in 2018 and € 136 million since 2002 . Asylum seekers at a direct provision protest in Cork in 2016. Date: January 16, 2020 - Hush Hush. The centre is owned by Alan Hyde, who was also known to operate several other direct provision centres including Clonakilty Lodge in Cork and Mount Trenchard in Limerick. HushHush-def. One other business received payments in excess of €7m in 2018 where Alan Hyde's Barlow Group received fees of €7.5m and the group accommodates asylum seekers across Cork and Waterford. Total expenditure on direct provision has doubled in five years. The Irish Examiner reports the highest earners are the owners of the former Butlins Camp in Mosney Co Meath who were paid almost … Businesses have been paid more than €1.26bn to run accommodation centres in the direct provision system. The biggest earner in the Industry was Mosney Holiday plc which owns the Mosney Centre in Co Meath . The centre, which is owned by Alan Hyde and run by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), opened in 2000 and currently houses 100 people, including 40 families of varying nationalities. The Mount Trenchard operation in Foynes, Co Limerick, has been described as an “open-air prison” and has attracted its fair share of criticism down the years. €1.3 billion has been paid out to the operators of direct provision centres in Ireland since the system was established 20 years ago. GOLDHAWK NOTES that an old friend is to close the doors of his direct provision centre next month. The firm that operates the Direct Provision centre in Mosney, Co Meath received the highest payment of €8.69 million. Alan Hyde is involved with seven companies contracted to provide direct provision accommodation across Cork, Limerick, and Waterford and which have received over €100m to date. The CIA used Alan Hyde, a Honduran businessman, to transport guns by sea from mid-1987 to late 1988.