A property firm owned by Minister for State Michael Healy-Rae has received €1.33million in State payments for accommodating Ukrainians.
New figures that were provided by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration show the minister’s Roughty Properties Ltd – trading as Rosemont House received €113,480 for accommodating Ukrainians in 2025.
This followed the firm receiving €1.22million in the two years and three months prior to January 1, 2025 for accommodating Ukrainians at its address in Tralee, Co. Kerry.
Accounts show that Roughty Properties Ltd recorded post-tax profits of €241,244 in the 12 months to the end of May 2025.
This was a 36% decline on the post-tax profits of €376,048 for the prior year.
The figure for last year resulted in the company having accumulated profits of €1.08million at the end of May.
In 2025, Independent Kerry TD Mr Healy-Rae was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for forestry.
The €113,480 paid to Roughty Properties Ltd last year is a tiny fraction of the €425.49million paid out to all operators providing accommodation to Ukrainians under the Government’s International Protection Accommodation Services in 2025.
The figure pales in comparison to what was paid to companies owned by former GAA manager and businessman Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney and 14 other members of his family – as they have received more than €231million for housing asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration said Roughty Properties, trading as Rosemont House, continued to provide accommodation services to the State in 2025, delivering them for a 12-month period, and remains under contract with the department to accommodate people fleeing Ukraine.
The responsibility for the sector passed from the Department of Integration to the Department of Justice during 2025 and the spokeswoman said the €113,480 paid to Roughty Properties was the amount paid by both departments for the entirety of 2025.
The recently published Register of Interests shows Mr Healy-Rae remains the biggest landlord in the Dáil, owning 28 properties and pieces of land.
