Written answers

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Emergency Accommodation Data

Photo of Frank O'RourkeFrank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the emergency accommodation beds available for persons experiencing homelessness, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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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. In accordance with section 37(2) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services, including emergency accommodation, rests with individual housing authorities. My Department has no function in relation to operational issues, such as those outlined in the Question, which are a matter for the relevant housing authorities.

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