Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on each of the 20 initiatives arising from the 2014 conference on homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31854/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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In December 2014 I hosted a special Summit on Homelessness to reaffirm the Government's commitment to end involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. A number of actions arising from the Summit were subsequently integrated into an Action Plan to Address Homelessness. This is a whole-of-Government plan involving a range of actions by various State agencies. Substantial progress has been made in implementing this Plan; all of the more immediate actions have all been competed while a number of on - going actions continue to be progressed. A specific report on the implementation of the 20 actions identified in the Plan was provided to the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform Action Plan for their meeting of 30 March 2015 and this report is available on my Department’s website at the following link:

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Reporting to the Cabinet Committee in relation to the remaining actions has been incorporated into the established quarterly reporting structure in respect of the Implementation Plan on the State's Response to Homelessness. I expect the next quarterly report to be prepared next month and once noted by the Cabinet Committee, it will be made available on my Department’s website.