Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, arising from the recommendation contained in the first report of the homelessness oversight group, a homelessness policy implementation team has been established for achieving the objective of ending homelessness by 2016; if so, the composition of the team; and the number of occasions on which it has convened. [34312/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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On 25 February 2014, the Government approved the establishment of a Homeless ness Policy Implementation Team. The Team is responsible for overseeing and monitoring the delivery of actions outlined in the Government's Implementation Plan on the State’s Response to Homelessness, which was published on 20 May 2014. The Plan outlines the Government's approach to delivering on its objective of ending involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016 and gives effect to the recommendations of the Homelessness Oversight Group’s First Report.

Progress on the plan's implementation is reported to the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy on a quarterly basis. A copy of the plan and the Quarter 2 Progress Report are available on my Department's website at,



The Homelessness Policy Implementation Team is chaired by my Department and includes senior officials from the Department of Social Protection, the Health Service Executive as well as the Chief Executives of Dublin City Council and Monaghan County Council. The Team has met on five occasions since its establishment and its next meeting is being held today.