Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

875. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a copy of the instruction or guidelines issued by his Department to local authorities will be provided with respect to section 10 funding in which it states the services that will be funded and not funded. [12770/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 sets out the purposes for which cost may be incurred by housing authorities in respect of the provision of homeless accommodation and related services.  

While responsibility for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities, the administration of homeless services is organised on a regional basis, with nine administrative regions in place.  A homelessness consultative forum has been established in each region and it is a matter for the management group of the consultative forum, in the first instance, to determine the services and the funding required to address homelessness in each region. Each region submits an annual expenditure programme to my Department and my Department approves a funding allocation. The management of the funding allocation is delegated to the lead authority in each region and is governed by a protocol between my Department and the lead authority. This protocol contains reporting requirements in relation to performance and expenditure. The protocols can be provided to the Deputy if requested. My Department is not aware of any other guidelines or instructions which the Deputy may be referring to.