Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
1205. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare who have been offered and received accommodation from the local authority in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1742/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department publishes reports on a monthly basis regarding the number of individuals in emergency accommodation. These reports include a county breakdown of the homeless adult population and are available on my Department's website at: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
The administration of homeless services is organised on a regional basis as this approach is considered more effective, bringing a strategic perspective to bear on action to address homelessness. In this regard, Kildare County Council is included in the Mid-East Region along Meath County Council and Wicklow County Council. As part of the funding arrangements in place, each region provides my Department with a quarterly performance report which includes details of the number of individuals exiting homelessness in that quarter. The most recently submitted reports to my Department indicate that at the end of September 2018, 116 adults in the Mid-East region were supported by the housing authorities to exit from homelessness into independent tenancies during the first 9 months of 2018.
