Written answers

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Photo of Terence FlanaganTerence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to organisations or agencies to deal with homelessness over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/13]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department does not fund any service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Housing authorities provide additional funding from their own resources. The Section 10 funding provided by my Department to housing authorities on a regional basis for the years 2009 to 2012 is set out in the table below. Details of the allocations to the 9 regions for 2013 are also provided.

Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988

-Funding Provided Funding Provided Funding Provided Funding Provided Funding Allocated
Region 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Dublin €38,967,542 €40,521,375 €35,732,525 €32,398,290 €31,322,223
South East €1,945,792 €1,742,886 €2,110,476 €1,848,877 €1,787,469
North East €1,197,451 €1,037,617 €912,250 €910,194 €879,963
Midlands €872,375 €666,344 €624,897 €672,027 €649,707
South West €5,458,211 €4,270,143 €3,505,749 €4,418,967 €4,272,197
Mid-West €4,110,166 €3,435,607 €2,905,457 €3,516,119 €3,399,336
West €2,175,312 €1,699,288 €1,227,696 €1,581,478 €1,528,951
Mid East €885,801 €906,842 €697,665 €839,146 €811,275
North West €444,206 €423,355 €406,335 €360,865 €348,879
Total €56,056,856 €54,703,457 €48,123,050 €46,545,963 €45,000,000

In addition, details of the funding provided by my Department to organisations tackling the issue of homelessness under the Scheme to Support National Organisations for the years 2009 - 2013 are set out in the table below.

-2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Simon Communities of Ireland 191,040 171,936 90,000 90,000 84,780

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