Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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564. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to a media inquiry (details supplied), the category of weekly payment which is referred to in row one to single men; the category of payment which is referred to in row two to women and families; and if the payment in row three refers to the funding of emergency accommodation. [29684/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The category of weekly payment which is referred to in each row of the statistics snapshot provided on foot of a media enquiry is Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance and does not refer to the funding of emergency accommodation. Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people who do not have enough means to meet their needs and those of their qualified adult or any qualified children.

While the New Communities Unit (NCU) of the Department of Social Protection previously facilitated the booking of non-Irish homeless families into emergency accommodation, this accommodation was sourced and funded by Dublin City Council under Section 10 of the Housing Act (1988). This booking function was transferred to the Central Placement Service on the 22nd May 2017.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.