Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
1319. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total spend on homeless services by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department for each year since 2013; and the estimated spend for 2017 and 2018. [34561/17]
View answerMy Department provides current funding to housing authorities towards the cost of providing accommodation and related services for homeless persons under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988.
Under ‘Section 10’ funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of any service they are funding, from within their own resources. Furthermore, housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related services outside of the Section 10 funding arrangements. Therefore, the exact amounts spent by housing authorities are a matter for those authorities.
Details of the Section 10 Exchequer funding provided to housing authorities by my Department for the years 2013 to 2017 are set out in the table. Budget 2017 confirmed a national budget of €98 million in Exchequer funding under Section 10 arrangements; recoupments exceeding €28 million have been made to housing authorities to date. 2018 funding requirements will be considered in due course.
Exchequer Funding provided under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988
|
Year |
€ |
|
2013 |
45,000,000 |
|
2014 |
49,205,774 |
|
2015 |
64,770,970 |
|
2016 |
88,676,500 |
|
To date - 2017 |
28,778,298 |
