Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2022
291. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing applicants and tenants who have declared themselves homeless to Fingal County Council in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59429/22]
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 with nine regional lead authorities in place nationally. In the Dublin region, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive is provided by Dublin City Council as the lead statutory local authority in the response to homelessness in Dublin and adopts a shared service approach across Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Quarterly Performance Reports, which provide information on homeless presentations, entries and preventions on a regional basis, are submitted to my Department by regional lead authorities. In addition to the Performance Reports, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive provides my Department with enhanced data on family homelessness in the Dublin Region on a monthly basis. The above mentioned reports provide the basis for a Quarterly Progress Report. These Quarterly Progress Reports, and Performance Reports from each region, are available on my Department’s website at the following link www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/.
No data is collected by my Department in respect of social housing applicants or social housing tenants presenting as homeless.
