Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I would be delighted if the Deputy could send that document on. We will be more than happy to work with him on that. It is a matter for the local authority concerned in terms of the services it provides and the social housing supports it put in place.

As I said, a youth homelessness strategy is due to be launched later this year by the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, which includes street outreach services. Under housing first, the target is an average of 264 tenancies per annum, with targets for each region. Homeless services in my constituency are very good at working with local authorities and homeless action teams in ensuring that secure housing is provided, as well as wraparound services. We will shortly deal with a matter from Deputy Cairns around family resource centres. All of these services are absolutely vital to those in recovery and who are trying to stay out of addiction. It is vitally important that we tackle this.

It is a matter for local authorities, as well as our Department, in terms of financing funding and policy supports. It is critically important that we have a full range of services. The term used by the Deputy, "compassion", is critical in supporting individuals and families who are in recovery. We will have a look at the removal of people from the housing list when in residential recovery and come back to the Deputy. I would be more than happy to receive the Deputy's document and speak to him again about this.

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