Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities. Accordingly , it is a matter for housing authorities to make decisions regarding the type and provision of services for homeless persons within their functional area.
Under Section 10 of the Housing Acts, my Department provides funding to housing authorities in respect of the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services. Funding is provided at the rate of 90% of cost , with the housing authorities providing a further 10% from their own resources. Details of the funding provided by my Department for County Wicklow, since 2010, are set out in the table below.
I will shortly publish a policy statement on homelessness. In this statement I will be indicating what I expect from housing authorities and other stakeholders in accelerating progress towards realising the ambition of eliminating involuntary long-term homelessness.
Wicklow
|
2010
€
|
2011
€
|
2012
€
|
Funds paid to
|
Purpose
|
|
|
|
Wicklow County Council
|
Harry Cullen Old Presbytery - emergency accommodation
|
43,800
|
72,072
|
75,960
|
|
Outreach Worker
|
29,890
|
|
|
|
Private Rented Accommodation
|
|
2,908
|
|
|
Bed & Breakfast emergency accommodation
|
|
7,905
|
1,093
|
Bray Town Council
|
Old Brighton Terrace - emergency accommodation
|
101,217
|
86,724
|
87,200
|
|
Total
|
174,907
|
169,609
|
164,253
|