Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 November 2016
15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment to provide a one-stop-shop in partnership with Tusla, local authorities and the homeless executive for families presenting as homeless. [35441/16]
View answerAs set out in Rebuilding Ireland, a ‘one-stop-shop’ assessment centre will be put in place in Dublin for families presenting as homeless by the end of this year. Implementation of this initiative is being led by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). This centre will have multi-agency participation including the Dublin housing authorities, Tusla, Family Mediation Services, the Department of Social Protection, tenancy protection services and expert NGOs. The services concerned will work together to assess and support families with children presenting as homeless to ensure every effort is made to keep them in their current homes or to ensure appropriate homeless and other support services are provided. DRHE has indicated that it remains on track to have this One-Stop-Shop in place by the end of the year.
The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness contains a clear commitment to provide regular progress updates, particularly through quarterly progress reports. The first quarterly progress report (in respect of Quarter 3 commitments and actions) was published on 1 November, and can be accessed through a web link that will be circulated with the official report. [http://rebuildingireland.ie/First-Progress-Report.pdf.]
Further progress reports will be published on a quarterly basis, with the next due to be published in January 2017. Each Quarterly Report will focus on the actions due to be progressed or completed in the preceding quarter; therefore the January 2017 progress report will include details of the delivery of the one-stop-shop assessment centre.
