Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Update on Homelessness: Discussion
Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I have a technical question for the Department. I am aware of a young person who presented to the homeless services in Westmeath. This person has been battling homelessness for their entire adult life and all the services and supports they accessed were in Longford. Longford local authority cannot put the person in emergency accommodation and has referred them back to Westmeath. Could there be a simple fix to make it easier for people so that once they register with homeless services they can access them through any local authority?
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