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136 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the total number of men, women and children or families, including the number of children, accommodated in bed and breakfast accommodation by Dublin County Council and Dublin Corporation during 1991 because they were homeless.
137 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the costs to Dublin County Council and Dublin Corporation of providing bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless persons in 1991 and the contribution to these costs made by his Department.
138 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the total number of men, women and children or families, including the number of children, accommodated each month in bed and breakfast accommodation because they were homeless from January 1992 to June 1992 by Dublin Corporation and Dublin County Council respectively.
139 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the total costs for each successive month in 1992 of providing bed and breakfast accommodation in Dublin Corporation and Dublin County Council areas respectively for homeless men, women and children or families.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 136, 137, 138 and 139 together.
Information in relation to the number of homeless persons and the cost incurred, on a monthly basis, by Dublin Corporation and Dublin County Council in providing bed and breakfast accommodation for such homeless persons is not available in my Department. For 1991, both authorities made claims under section 10 of the Housing Act, 1988 in relation to the calendar year. The recoupment claim by the County Council indicated that bed and breakfast accommodation had been provided for 91 homeless persons at a cost of £27,311.88, 80 per cent of which is recouped by my Department. Final details of the costs incurred by Dublin Corporation in providing bed and breakfast accommodation in 1991 for homeless persons, and the numbers accommodated, are awaited from the corporation.
