Homeless Accommodation Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Questions (1637)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

1637. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1322 of 20 June 2017, if he will provide information on the organisations listed (details supplied) that also received section 10 funding under the Housing Act 1988. [35366/17]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

My Department does not fund any homeless service directly, but provides funding to housing authorities on a regional basis towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act, 1988.  Under ‘Section 10’ funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of services from their own resources but may incur additional expenditure at their own determination.   

Quarterly financial reports are received by my Department from the lead authority in each region, which set out the details of the homeless accommodation and services funded by housing authorities.  These reports are published on my Department's website and are available at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.