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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-19/4/
19 Jun 2018 - Emergency Homeless Accommodation and Direct Provision Independent Inspection Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-19/4/
19 Jun 2018 - emergency homeless accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Community and Local...and direct provision accommodation....Part of the problem is the absence of independent inspection regimes for direct provision and emergency...Integration Agency, RIA, carries out some inspections of direct provision centres, neither body is independent...It proposes to give the responsibility for inspecting both direct provision and emergency accommodation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-02-03/54/
3 Feb 2004 - move on accommodation and support services to enable homeless persons to achieve independent living...This has enabled rough sleepers to access emergency accommodation and allowed homeless persons to move...out of emergency accommodation and into accommodation more suitable to their needs....emergency and bed and breakfast accommodation....Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-16/55/
16 Nov 1999 - needs of homeless people in their areas, including the direct provision of accommodation and securing...accommodation for homeless persons through the agency of the health boards or voluntary housing organisations...accommodation for homeless persons....The corporation is also pursuing a strategy to assist homeless people back into independent living or...into sheltered housing accommodation with the objective of freeing up emergency hostel accommodation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/13/
14 Nov 2018 - Budget 2019 reflects this commitment by allocating an additional €30 million for the provision of homelessness...for 2018....Budget 2019 also provides for an additional €60 million in capital funding for the provision of emergency...accommodation, including further emergency facilities for single adults and couples....to exit homelessness into an independent tenancy.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/5/
14 Nov 2018 - Budget 2019 reflects this commitment by allocating an additional €30 million for the provision of homelessness...for 2018....Budget 2019 also provides for an additional €60 million in capital funding for the provision of emergency...accommodation, which will deliver further emergency facilities for single adults and additional family...them to exit homelessness into an independent tenancy.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-05-22/28/
22 May 2019 - that pathways for individuals and families in emergency accommodation are secured as quickly as possible...of homeless services by local authorities in 2019, an increase of more than 25% on the 2018 allocation...Additional capital funding is also being provided to increase the supply of emergency accommodation,...Two family hubs, which provide more appropriate emergency accommodation for families, will open during...independent tenancies from there.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-04-12/742/
12 Apr 2005 - The vast majority of these were in homeless accommodation ranging from emergency to long-term supported...sheltered accommodation, to enable homeless persons move out of emergency accommodation into long-term...While the emphasis to date has been on the provision of emergency accommodation, the focus is now shifting...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is...An independent review of the operation of the homeless strategies and action plans is underway.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-10-16/413/
16 Oct 2007 - Keeffe) My Department recoups to local authorities 90% of their approved current expenditure on the provision...of accommodation and related services for homeless persons in accordance with the provisions of Section...Council advising that Section 10 funding for any tenancy sustainment service would normally be primarily directed...at services targeting people who are currently homeless and living in emergency accommodation and in...the process of being moved to independent living.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-12-12/23/
12 Dec 2000 - homeless persons on an emergency basis, but the use of it will decrease as alternative accommodation...A key element of the Government's strategy is the provision of additional accommodation and a greater...move out of emergency accommodation, whether in bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels, into accommodation...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is...We will see real improvements in the provision of accommodation and support services for homeless people
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Debate: Joint Committee On Housing, Planning And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_housing_planning_and_local_government/2018-10-03/3/
3 Oct 2018 - The existing system generally has provided for the emergency accommodation needs of homeless families...As I have set out, statutory responsibility for the provision of homeless accommodation and related services...In 2018 it provided Exchequer funding of €116 million for the provision of homeless services, an 18%...A significant proportion of this funding is for the provision of accommodation for families experiencing...into independent tenancies in 2017 and a further 2,332 in the first half of 2018.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-11-23/33/
23 Nov 2000 - A key element of the Government's strategy is the provision of additional and a greater variety of accommodation...move out of emergency accommodation, whether in bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels, into accommodation...than short-term emergency accommodation of less than one month, especially for families....homeless persons on an emergency basis, but the use of it will decrease as alternatives become available...Capital funding for the direct provision by local authorities of accommodation for homeless persons is
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-11-03/33/
3 Nov 2016 - is a route out of emergency accommodation for every single household...., especially the unacceptable number of families in emergency accommodation in hotels....In that respect, Rebuilding Ireland commits that by mid-2017, hotels will only be used as emergency accommodation...To move people and families on from emergency accommodation into more permanent housing solutions, under...Rebuilding Ireland, 1,500 rapid-build units will be delivered by 2018.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-03/11/
3 Nov 2020 - As Deputies know, the number of adults and children in emergency accommodation and homelessness remains...provision as a form of emergency accommodation because they cannot secure private rental accommodation...Therefore, the real figure for the number of adults and children living in emergency accommodation remains...Meanwhile, the number of families leaving emergency accommodation is much lower than it was at that time...The Bill I am introducing imposes a 60-day obligation for a comprehensive homeless prevention plan to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-13/64/
13 Jul 2017 - control, many of us have had direct experience of very poor emergency accommodation conditions in which...accommodation, is that they be subject to an independent inspection regime....That is why the HIQA legislation was amended to include, for example, direct provision centres....It would be a really strong statement of the Minister's confidence in the emergency accommodation that...his Department is funding if he would subject them to the same type of independent inspection regime
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-03-28/7/
28 Mar 2019 - Some 18 months ago, in September 2017, we woke up to find that there were 2,432 children living in emergency...accommodation....We all know the number one cause of homelessness in this country is eviction from the private rental...Solidarity's Anti-Evictions Bill 2018 provides a number of practical remedies for staunching the flow...I am asking her a direct question. The Bill would also ban renovation as grounds for eviction.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-15/33/
15 Dec 2020 - They were formerly asylum seekers, but they cannot get out of direct provision because of the crisis..., we must know how many of them are in emergency accommodation....On the Bill, the sole purpose of putting forward this Bill is to put forward the issue of homelessness...However, it costs €100 per night to have a family in emergency accommodation....If the Government were smart and said that for every person moved out of emergency accommodation for
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-15/33/
15 Dec 2020 - I note the provisions of this Bill are the same as those contained in the Homeless Prevention Bill 2018...The Bill is based, as Deputy Ó Broin said, on the provisions of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017,...This included over 1,100 families in emergency accommodation, which, incidentally, represents the lowest...number of families in emergency accommodation since June 2016....They provide a record of people who are being supported with emergency accommodation by each of the 31
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-15/33/
15 Dec 2020 - This Bill seeks to address one aspect of this crisis by putting an emphasis on prevention of homelessness...This Bill will place a legal obligation on the Minister and local authorities to intervene with a homeless...It must be seen as part of an overall emergency response to the housing and homelessness crisis....in Dublin but not habitually resident here being refused overnight emergency accommodation....No one should be out on the streets tonight, unable to access emergency accommodation, when there are
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-15/33/
15 Dec 2020 - Prevention Bill 2020....such as those in domestic violence accommodation and those in direct provision accommodation, over 3,000...unsafe accommodation "are more likely to be bullied and less likely to see their friends", while homeless...This Homeless Prevention Bill before the Minister is a chance to put people before politics....Supporting this Bill will give the Government the chance to say to all children who will be homeless
