Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Supporting individuals and families facing homelessness is a key Government priority. We are supporting households to exit homelessness by increasing the supply of housing. The Department has prioritised measures that focus on accelerating social and affordable housing supply through a combination of new builds, targeted acquisitions and leasing. A record €4.5 billion was available this year to support the largest State investment ever, including 9,100 direct-build social homes and 5,000 affordable homes.

We have the tenant in situ scheme. We have also established the national homeless action committee, NHAC, the overarching objective of which is to ensure that a renewed emphasis is brought to collaboration across government to implement actions in Housing for All, along with bringing better and coherent co-ordination of homeless-related services in delivering policy measures in order to address homelessness, including for children. Homelessness prevention is an immediate priority of the NHAC. A subgroup of the NHAC was established-----

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