Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of funding provided to the Place Finder Service in IPAS for people with status; who receives the funding; the locations the service operates from; and how many staff were employed in the service in each location in 2021, 2022 and 2023. [56523/23]
View answerThe Department has contracted the services of DePaul and the Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT) to provide ‘Housing Support’ for those with Status or Permission to Remain to transition out of International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation.
Prior to the publication of the Request for Tender (RFT) in 2022, IPAS engaged in a Service Level Arrangement (SLA) for ‘Housing Support’ services with DePaul and PMVT. Place Finder service is not the correct term as the RFT was for Housing Support for those with status in IPAS accommodation.
The RFT sought to assist Person(s) with Status in finding sustainable housing solutions, across four lots. A minimum of 32 staff were required to provide support services across 26 counties.
“The Contracting Authority requires that at minimum, the successful Tenderer will have a ‘Housing Support Team’ of at least (Lot 1: 10, Lot 2: 7, Lot 3:8, Lot 4:7) case workers plus one dedicated Accommodation Finder (a staff member dedicated to finding accommodation options, networking with estate agents and landlords), plus required administrative staff. The overarching aim of the Housing Support Team is to minimise the length of time spent in IPAS accommodation for those granted status and to support the household to access a sustainable housing solution as soon as possible.”
Please see as follows, in tabular format, the amounts paid to DePaul and PMVT between 2021-2023.
|
FRC |
Budget 2020 |
|
|
|
HILLVIEW |
€138,626.00 |
|
|
|
ROSEMOUNT |
€119,537.00 |
|
|
|
ST KEVINS |
€115,724.00 |
|
|
|
BALALLY |
€120,409.00 |
|
|
|
BALLYOGAN |
€107,390.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRC |
Budget 2021 |
Covid payments made in Sept and Oct 2021 |
Once off funding |
|
HILLVIEW |
€138,626.00 |
€8,338.90 |
|
|
ROSEMOUNT |
€166,190.00 |
€9,013.00 |
€4,000.00 |
|
ST KEVINS |
€115,724.00 |
€7,064.00 |
|
|
BALALLY |
€120,409.00 |
€6,681.00 |
|
|
BALLYOGAN |
€107,390.00 |
€7,185.00 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
FRC |
Budget 2022 |
Dormant funding |
Once off funding |
|
HILLVIEW |
€138,626.00 |
€8,264.46 |
|
|
ROSEMOUNT FRC |
€166,190.00 |
€8,264.46 |
€4,000.00 |
|
ST KEVINS |
€115,724.00 |
€8,264.46 |
|
|
BALALLY |
€120,409.00 |
€8,264.46 |
€4,832.00 |
|
BALLYOGAN |
€111,120.00 |
€8264.46 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
FRC |
Budget 2023 |
Exchequer Funding |
Ukrainian Funding |
|
HILLVIEW |
€144,171.00 |
€2,850.00 |
€0.00 |
|
ROSEMOUNT |
€172,837.60 |
€17,500.00 |
€17,440.00 |
|
ST KEVINS |
€120,353.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
BALALLY |
€154,225.36 |
€0.00 |
€12,500.00 |
|
BALLYOGAN |
€111,685.60 |
€0.00 |
€12,500.00 |
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Amount paid |
Amount paid |
Amount paid |
|
Year |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
DePaul |
€576,084.00 |
€678,326.73 |
€1,509,151.96 |
|
Peter McVerry Trust |
€2,066,543.57 |
€2,409,278.08 |
€1,659,677.50 |
