Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2017
543. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 5 December 2017, the number of housing first tenancies in existence prior to the launch of Rebuilding Ireland in July 2016; and the number of new housing first tenancies commenced since July 2016 to date in 2017. [53001/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy 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.
Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, committed to increasing the target for tenancies by the 'Housing First' teams in Dublin to 300. My Department has been advised by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive that as of 8th December 2017 a total of 195 tenancies had been created under the initiative of which 113 were created since July 2016.
