Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
765. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless people in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/22]
View answer844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless people in Dublin in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41922/22]
View answer845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all the emergency accommodation centres for homeless people in Dublin; the number of places in each; the cost of running each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41923/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 765, 844 and 845 together.
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 local authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act, 1988. Under Exchequer funding arrangements, local authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of services from their own resources. Furthermore, local authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related services outside of the Exchequer funding arrangements provided by my Department. Therefore, the exact amounts spent by housing authorities on homeless services, as well as the type and operation of homeless services including the cost of, and number of places in emergency accommodation facilities are a matter for individual housing authorities in consultation with the Management Group of the relevant regional joint Homelessness Consultative Forum.
Exchequer funding for homeless services is provided through my Department to housing authorities on a regional basis. The funding provided to each of the homeless regions to date in 2022 is set out below;
|
Exchequer funding provided to homeless regions date in 2022 |
|
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Dublin |
50,876,236 |
|
Mid East |
3,403,000 |
|
Midlands |
711,655 |
|
Mid West |
3,805,548 |
|
North East |
836,672 |
|
North West |
436,000 |
|
South East |
2,139,513 |
|
South West |
4,360,063 |
|
West |
2,757,548 |
Financial reports from each of the homeless regions including Dublin, are available on my Department's website at the link below. These financial reports include detail of emergency accommodation facilities in each region and the expenditure incurred on these services.
www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
