I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 to 128, inclusive, and 130 and 141 together.
My 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. In accordance with section 37 (2) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services, including accommodation, rests with individual housing authorities. My Department, therefore, has no function in relation to the issues raised in the Questions, which are a matter for the relevant housing authorities, in this case Louth County Council and Meath County Council.