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Tents being provided to migrants in Ireland are being paid for with taxpayers' money, MailOnline can reveal.

The Irish government has confirmed that one of its departments is funding four homeless charities to supply the tents which have lined the streets of Dublin for several months.

We can reveal that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is using taxpayer money to allow Mendicity, Capuchin Day Centre, Tiglin and Crosscare to give out tents to migrants who have arrived in Dublin on small boats to seek asylum.

The revelation has sparked anger among Irish locals who said it was a 'joke' that their hard-earned cash was being used on tents, which are then being cleared and destroyed.

Glen Thomas, a 26-year-old maintenance worker from near Smithfield, Dublin, told MailOnline: 'It frustrates me, I have to say. I've just come out of a day's work, a hard graft, trying to earning a wedge. 

'I pay a lot of tax every month and that's where it's going, it's totally unfair - and I'm not the only one. I work hard every day, Monday to Friday. It's a joke.'

He added: 'I disagree with it totally. I'm against it all to be honest. There's plenty of Irish people that need it, there's so many Irish homeless people, they don't even get tents, never mind homes. 

'It's a no-brainer for me, they should be looking after their own people before. There's so many incidents that have happened when they've come over.'

When asked if he was surprised that this is where taxpayer money is going, he said: 'Not really, not with the way the government it is. It's corrupt.'

It comes after the Irish government said on Thursday: 'Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is funding homeless service providers (Mendicity, Capuchin Day Centre, Tiglin, Crosscare) for provision of necessary basics which may include tents.'

Salesman Garreth Lloyd, from Donnycarney, Dublin, told MailOnline: 'When they are coming in illegally, I don't know if our tax money should be going there. You don't know who you are letting in. It's different when it's illegal migrants coming in.

'I think I'd rather the money I pay my tax with to be getting our own homeless people off the streets. If you were to give me the option rather than to illegal immigrants that we don't know what kind of these people are. I don't think that's where I want my taxpayer money going.'

The 30-year-old, who had just started a new job as an electric salesman, added: 'I'm all for immigrants coming over. The only thing is a lot of things have happened this year with immigrants but they are not vetted. I have a problem with that. I have no problem with migrants coming over except when they are not vetted.'

When asked where he would prefer his money to be going, he said: 'I think at the moment it's mainly Irish homeless people in Dublin. The homeless crisis is absolutely crazy.'

Mother-of-one Erica Ryan, from Smithfield, Dublin, said: 'They shouldn't be in the country. It's not fair. The Government don't look after their own, so why look after the migrants? They are not even vetted, some of these people.

'I would prefer the money to go on Irish people, to help them to be housed. They are getting everything when they coming into the country and the Irish are left to live on the streets, that's not fair.'

The 32-year-old added: 'It doesn't surprise me, with this country anymore. It's bad what they are doing and it's going to cause more and more trouble. It's their own fault.'

Catrina O'Doherty, 40, said: 'If we are paying for tents and then they are being destroyed a week after, it's a waste of money….It's frustrating, it's a waste of money definitely. '

She added: 'They need to house people. I think they should have an organised reception centre and I don't know they are processing them that well and people are being left to their own devices. 

'We are going to have immigration all over the world due to wars. We are all immigrants the way I see it, people have moved always across the world. We are an island, we didn't just sprout up here.'

Her friend, who did not want to be named, added: 'That doesn't make any sense to me. If it is, it does seem kind of strange that you are paying tents and then you are not controlling how they are being distributed.'

Michael Noone, 45, said: 'There's an awful lot of homeless people in Ireland which they should look after the Irish people. 

'I work at Dublin City Council, I'm back living with my mum and I'm 45 years of age. I can't get priority to get a house over here and they prioritise refugees.

'I think they should get their priorities with the Irish people first.'

The Dublin City Council worker, from Blackhall, added: 'I don't mind the Irish taxpayer paying money if they are official. At the end of the day, we have to look after them, you can't leave them on the street.

'I think the taxpayer should pay for a certain limit, up to three months. But after a certain limit, they should be quicker to get them back where they are from. The process should be quicker, that's my opinion.'

Michelle, 52, from Colndalkin, said she was 'concerned' to hear taxpayer money going on those who had crossed into Ireland illegally.

She said: 'It concerns me an awful lot.

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