Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014
473. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons and families experiencing homelessness who were housed in hotels and bed and breakfasts paid for by local authorities to date in 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown of same specifying the local authority responsible and the cost of these hotel and bed and breakfasts. [19137/14]
View answerMy Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities. The purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. The specific information sought is not available in my Department.
