Ms Eileen Gleeson:

The DRHE is responsible for putting a regional response in place. We are working with the other local authorities to make sure they have enough accommodation in each of the local authority areas to respond to their particular needs but, in the interim, we have an overall supply of accommodation for single persons; sometimes it is in the city centre, sometimes it is in Dún Laoghaire, sometimes it is in Tallaght. If somebody is homeless, we provide an allocated bed for them as a response. We have no intention of extending self-accommodation to single persons. Currently, self-accommodation is for families but our intention would be to cease it as soon as is practicable because there is much more productive outcomes for people who are in supported temporary accommodation.