Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2020
108. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless taskforce meetings he has held since taking office; the dates on which these meetings were held; and the attendees at these meetings. [31908/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have established a Homelessness Task Force, to inter alia, provide a forum for engagement with key organisations working to address homelessness priorities and to provide input on the implementation of the commitments on homelessness in the Programme for Government. The membership of the taskforce consists of the Chief Executives of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, Crosscare, Depaul, Focus Ireland, the Peter McVerry Trust, Dublin Simon Community, Threshold and senior officials from my Department. The Group has met on six occasions to date, three times in July, twice in September and once to date in October.
Of course, separate to meeting with these key stakeholders in this forum, both I and my Department officials have continued and ongoing regular engagement with the members of the Taskforce on homeless issues.
