Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
1263. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare that have been offered and have received accommodation from the local authority in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33662/17]
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 individuals, and related services, rests with individual housing authorities.
Furthermore, the allocation of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for the local authority concerned, in accordance with its allocation scheme made in accordance with section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Regulations. As such, it is a matter for each housing authority to decide on the type of support to be allocated to individual households.
Therefore the specific data breakdown sought by the Deputy is not available in my Department, and is a matter for the relevant housing authority.
