Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to improve the coordination of funding for homeless services between his Department, the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive in order that capital and Revenue funding works in tandem. [32028/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I am conscious of the need to ensure effective coordination of capital and revenue funding streams for homeless services and this matter is addressed in the Government Strategy on homelessness, The Way Home, and the associated Implementation Plan. The issue of improved co-ordination at local level is a matter, in the first instance, for consideration by the management group of the relevant Local Homelessness Consultative Forum, which includes senior officials from the local authority and the Health Service Executive (HSE). These structures are now being placed on a statutory footing under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. In addition, at national level, my Department maintains close interaction with the Department of Health and Children and the HSE, through a range of formal structures and other arrangements.