Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
1126. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of a service (details supplied) in County Westmeath; his views on recent reports that the six-bed service will close with funding going to a new 12-bed unit in County Offaly; and if assurances will be provided on the service. [54154/18]
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. Decisions on the organisation and range of accommodation services to be provided in a particular region are a matter for the individual housing authorities in consultation with the Statutory Management Group in that region, in this case the Midlands region.
