Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
409. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the delineated rates of existing homelessness for private and charity run homeless accommodation providers, respectively. [21450/20]
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. While responsibility for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities, the administration of homeless services is organised on a regional basis.
I assume that the Deputy's question refers to the rates of exits from homelessness. Quarterly performance reports are submitted to my Department which provide information on the numbers of adults exiting homelessness to a tenancy. My Department publishes a Homeless Quarterly Progress Report, which includes details of exits from homelessness each quarter. The most recent Progress Report for Quarter 2 2020 shows that a total of 3,033 adults exited homelessness to a tenancy in the first six months of the year. This report is published on my Departments website at https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/homeless_quarterly_progress_report_q2_2020.pdf
My Department does not hold details on rates of exiting homelessness from private or charity services.
