Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion
2:00 am
Micheál Carrigy (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I have a couple of questions myself with regard to homeless services and the cost of transitioning properties from one service user to another. It is not funded yet there is an expectation that the social care provider bears the cost despite the fact that it is a property management issue. I would welcome comments on that. Do the officials from Westmeath County Council have a breakdown with regard to homelessness in the four counties of Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly? I think there is a figure of 219 adults and 95 children. I would like to hear comments on the RPZ extension, particularly from the Westmeath officials since it is rolled out throughout the midlands and in a lot of areas it would not have been before. What are their views on that extension?
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