Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2024
358. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full complement of emergency accommodation centres in use by local authorities, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2861/24]
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 homeless services rests with individual local 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. Details on the type and operation of homeless services including details of emergency accommodation centres in use are a matter for individual local authorities in consultation with the Management Group of the relevant regional joint Homelessness Consultative Forum.
Financial reports from each of the regional fora, setting out total expenditure on homeless services and the type of services including emergency accommodation in each region are published on my Department’s website at the following link;www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
