Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to a centre (details supplied). [48821/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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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 homeless services rests with individual housing authorities.

My Department does not fund any homeless service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act, 1988. A homelessness consultative forum has been established in each of the nine homeless regions in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009. Decisions on the type, range and operation of emergency accommodation and related services, and the funding required in each region are a matter for individual housing authorities in consultation with the Management Group of the relevant regional joint Homelessness Consultative Forum.

Each region is required to submit an annual expenditure programme to my Department and my Department approves a funding allocation. My Department is in regular discussion with each housing authority in relation to funding requirements to meet their homeless services programme during the course of the year.

Financial reports from each of the homeless regions including the Dublin region, setting out total expenditure on homeless services including on emergency accommodation are published on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.

I can confirm that the facility in question is not in receipt of Section 10 funding.