Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 June 2015
224. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update regarding the provision of a National Asset Management Agency hotel to accommodate homeless persons including the location of the hotel and the date it will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24124/15]
View answerAs originally identified in the December 2014 Action Plan to Address Homelessness, my Department has been liaising with South Dublin County Council regarding a NAMA property which will provide 65 units of accommodation and a single assessment centre for homeless families. The 65 units of standard residential accommodation were considered to have greater long-term potential than a hotel property. These units have now been purchased through the NAMA Special Purpose Vehicle NARPS. An approved housing body has been selected to manage and operate the units in association while support for families will be provided through Focus Ireland. The facility is expected to be operational imminently. The units will, in the first instance, be used to provide more appropriate accommodation on a temporary basis for families currently accommodated in hotels, prior to securing more long-term sustainable tenancies.
