Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure on services for homeless people, excluding capital support funding, by local authorities in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Dundalk in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department recoups 90% of expenditure by local authorities on the provision of accommodation for homeless persons under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Funding to local authorities for the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons has increased significantly since the adoption of the Integrated Strategy on Adult Homelessness in 2000, with €12.6m provided in that year increasing to €52.9m in 2007, amounting to €329m in total over the seven-year period. These figures represent the 90% recoupment by my Department, with local authorities responsible for the remaining 10%. This implies that total funding channelled through local authorities between 2000 and 2007 amounted to some €366m.

A total of €166.4 million was recouped by my Department to local authorities in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Dundalk for the period 2004 to 2007. Including the 10% contribution by the local authorities themselves, the total expenditure on accommodation and related services for homeless persons by the local authorities concerned in the period 2004 to 2007 figure was €184.9 million. The following table sets out the relevant expenditure over that period.