The regulation of charities is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality and my Department has no function in that regard or in regard to the terms and conditions of individual staff members.
With regard to homelessness services, my Department does not fund any service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Housing authorities will also provide funding from their own resources. The purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988.
The Section 10 funding provided by my Department to the housing authorities in the Dublin Region for the years 2009 to 2013 is set out in the following table.
Funding Provided under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988
2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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€38,967,542
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€40,521,375
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€35,732,525
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€32,398,290
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€31,322,223
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The bulk of this funding goes towards the costs incurred in the provision of homeless services by voluntary sector service providers such as Focus Ireland, Crosscare, Dublin Simon Community, Peter McVerry Trust, DePaul Trust, Salvation Army, etc. Service level agreements are in place between the housing authority and service provider for any homeless service funded by the Dublin local authorities.