Gino Kenny
Ceist:296. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected expenditure on homeless emergency accommodation in 2022. [44933/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 21 September 2021
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Freagraí scríofa
My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the statutory role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation rests with individual housing authorities. The purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988.
My Department does not fund any homeless services directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards these costs. Under the funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of services from their own resources. Housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related services outside of these funding arrangements with my Department. Therefore, the exact spend by housing authorities on homeless services is a matter for individual housing authorities in consultation with the Management Group of the relevant regional joint Homelessness Consultative Forum.
The Exchequer allocation for 2021 is €218m with a total of €150m recouped to housing authorities to date. The allocation for 2022 will be identified in the context of the estimates as part of Budget 2022.