John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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2244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the obligations that a local authority has in providing emergency housing support to persons on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28612/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Section 2 of the Housing Act 1988 sets out the requirements for a person to be regarded as homeless by a housing authority for the purposes of the Act.  Section 10 of the Act provides that a housing authority may provide assistance to a homeless person, including emergency accommodation or lodgings, which the housing authority may arrange itself or which may be operated by a State-funded service provider, without the requirement to undergo a social housing assessment and be approved for social housing supports.