John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to enhance support services and accessibility to emergency accommodation for homeless families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12940/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Addressing homelessness is a priority for this Government. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to ensuring that there is sufficient emergency accommodation for those who require it.

Funding of €303 million is available for the delivery of homeless services in 2025. This funding supports the provision of emergency accommodation and wrap around supports. In addition, capital funding of €25m will support the delivery of high quality transitional and emergency accommodation for individuals experiencing homelessness.

The funding allocation for 2025 will support the operation of 36 family hubs across the country. While hubs are emergency accommodation, they provide a greater level of stability than is possible in emergency hotel accommodation, with the capacity to provide appropriate play-space, cooking and laundry facilities, and communal recreation space, while move-on options to homes are identified and secured. More intensive assistance in terms of welfare, health and housing services are also supplied through family hubs.

A key focus of local authorities and their service delivery partners is to support households experiencing emergency accommodation to exit emergency accommodation to a tenancy.

Critical to addressing homelessness is increasing the supply of housing. The overall capital funding available for housing in 2025 is now over €6.5 billion, to support the delivery of social, affordable and cost rental homes. Housing supply has increased significantly under Housing for All. In particular, 22,192 social homes were delivered through Build, Acquisition and Leasing schemes in 2022 and 2023. The delivery figures for 2024 is currently being collated.