Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent in 2013 on emergency accommodation; and the amount to date in 2014. [30364/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless person and related services rests with housing authorities. My Department does not fund any service directly but provides funding to lead housing authorities on a regional basis 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.

Details of expenditure on emergency accommodation by each of the 9 regions for 2013 are presented in the following table. The expenditure to date in 2014 is not yet available.