Thomas Gould
Question:40. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding given to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive in 2021 and 2022, respectively. [26613/22]
View answerWednesday, 25 May 2022
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My 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 homeless services rests with individual housing authorities.
My Department does not fund any homeless service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act, 1988. Under Exchequer funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of services from their own resources. Furthermore, housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related services outside of the Exchequer funding arrangements provided by my Department.
Exchequer funding for homeless services is provided by my Department on a regional basis. The Dublin Regional Homeless Executive provides a shared service of behalf of the four local authorities in the Dublin Region. Some €173m was provided in Exchequer funding from my Department to the Dublin Region in 2021 with €50m in funding recouped to date in 2022.