Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 April 2016
124. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of current services available in counties Louth and Meath for persons who find themselves homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7891/16]
View answer125. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to single male persons who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7892/16]
View answer126. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to single female persons who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7893/16]
View answer127. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to a couple or one-parent families with one child who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/16]
View answer128. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to couples or one-parent families with one or more children who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7895/16]
View answer130. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that Louth and Meath county councils use in deciding on the hotels or bed and breakfasts to be used for emergency accommodation in the Louth-east Meath area. [7897/16]
View answer141. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of accommodation utilised for emergency accommodation purposes in counties Louth and Meath, including hotels and bed and breakfasts that are in regular use by both county councils, as well as those in occasional use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/16]
View answerI 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.
