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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: It was roughly 20 projects that had to be put on hold. How many units did that represent, roughly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. It is likely a significant number of units were impacted and delayed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: Ms Woods does no have that figure, no?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: Are those projects progressing now? Is that the witnesses' understanding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: The delivery of housing first units has been commented on. Where is it felt the trust is in this regard? Can it progress with these units? What are the big challenges? What does the trust need to get from the State to make it happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. Very briefly, we are here as the housing committee, so how does the trust, as a homeless service, see things now in this area and where does it see things going in future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is a broad question. The trust has experience and is working in the area. What is it seeing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: My first question is for the regulator for whom one of the key areas of responsibility is protecting tenants. In terms of the Peter McVerry Trust, did the regulator have any concerns in relation to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: Does the regulator have any responsibility in relation to emergency accommodation provided by AHBs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: Has the regulator undertaken any assessments or inspections of emergency accommodation provided by AHBs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: My next question is for the Department and relates to the funding model for NGOs in the provision of emergency accommodation in particular and in housing first as well. Will the changes made to the funding model address these issues such that we will not see a situation like this emerging again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: At what point will NGOs provide all the emergency accommodation rather than for-profit private entities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: My time is very tight. Sorry, I do not mean to be rude. Does Ms Tobin have concern for the welfare of children in for-profit emergency accommodation in Dublin? Situations have been highlighted - and Ms Tobin probably saw this - where only one staff member has been available in emergency accommodation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: On the concern about standards in emergency accommodation, a lot of it is for-profit, private accommodation. There was information on the small number of staff present. Are Ms Hayes and Mr. Mulhern concerned about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: On housing first and the context of all this, housing first in Dublin has collapsed by 70% between quarters 1 and 2 of 2025 in comparison with the same period in 2024. Maybe the Department and the DRHE could provide an explanation as to what is going on here. I know it is happening nationally as well. What are we going to do to address it? To Mr. Mulhern----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: ----and the Department, at what point are we going to deliver the social housing that will actually address the homelessness crisis?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: 558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of two funding streams announced for the tenant-in-situ scheme, an additional €50m announced through press release and an additional 30% of tenant-in-situ budget for local authorities; if there are two separate funding streams, if the €22 million allocated to Dublin City Council is contained in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: 563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CALF funding approvals granted to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: 564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CREL funding approvals granted to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government of the CREL approvals granted to date in 2025, the number that were projects which first applied for funding in 2024, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51610/25]