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Thursday, 24 March 2022

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Homeless Accommodation

Photo of Cormac DevlinCormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons availing of emergency homeless accommodation in Dublin who are not on a local authority housing list and who do not qualify for social housing and housing support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15579/22]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes a detailed monthly report on homelessness, based on data provided by housing authorities. The Report outlines details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. The Reports are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/ and via the Government’s Open Data Portal data.gov.ie/. My Department does not collect data on social housing entitlements amongst individuals who access emergency accommodation.

It is open to anyone to apply for social housing support, applications for which are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended.

To qualify for social housing support a household must meet all of the eligibility criteria, which primarily relate to income, availability of alternative accommodation and previous rent arrears. Decisions on the qualification of specific persons for social housing support and the allocation of that support are a matter solely for the local authority concerned.

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