Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 July 2018
343. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the records that are kept of families that have had to seek emergency housing provision in Garda stations throughout the country in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29490/18]
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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities, consequently the specific data sought in the Question is not available in my Department and is a matter for the relevant housing authorities.
The DRHE has informed my Department that additional contingency accommodation has been introduced in the Dublin region to avoid the need for any family to present to a Garda station.
