Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1596. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless families in emergency accommodation that do not have an allocated support worker; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16135/18]
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 and associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational issue in the day-to-day delivery of services and is a matter for the relevant housing authority.
