Mr. Cathal Morgan:

At the end of 2015 we had spent just over €70 million on homeless and housing support services. Just over €48 million of that came from the central Exchequer under the section 10 funding that comes to the Dublin local authorities. The balance is made up by the contribution from the local authorities. That expenditure relates only to the local authorities. The Health Service Executive, HSE, spends in the region of €15 million on the care side. Often people assume that is all spent on emergency accommodation and well over 40% is spent on hotels, supported accommodation and private emergency accommodation settings. However, what we spend in other areas is often missed. We spent €4.5 million on tenancy sustainment and resettlement services. We have long-term supported accommodation in the region that is made available to households who are deemed and assessed as not being able to live independent lives, even with visiting supports. In other words, staff are there on a 24-hour basis working with the tenants to assist them in their day-to-day lives. We spent just over €6 million last year on long-term supported accommodation. We spent €4.3 million on day services providing food, information and advice, ranging from Threshold to Brother Kevin's day centre, Merchant's Quay and Focus Ireland. There are different categories of service that local authorities fund in order to do different things, from prevention through to emergency responses, to assisting households back into tenancies with support.