Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 November 2020
390. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the emergency accommodation available in County Wexford for individual homeless women and homeless women with children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35318/20]
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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities.
Decisions on the range of emergency accommodation services required are a matter for individual housing authorities in consultation with the Statutory Management Group of the relevant regional joint Homeless Consultative Forum. A Management Group is in place for each homeless region, comprised of representatives from the relevant housing authorities and the Health Service Executive. The Management Group is responsible for considering the need for homeless services and the planning, implementation, funding and coordination of such services.
The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational issue in the day-to-day delivery of services and, as such, is a matter for the relevant housing authority.
